IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Aquarius
The Water-Bearer
OriginAncient
AbbreviationAqr
GenitiveAquarii
Pronunciation/əˈkwɛəriəs/ genitive /əˈkwɛəriaɪ/
uh-KWAIR-ee-us
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarSadalsuud (β Aquarii)
Right Ascention 21h 31m Declination -5° 34'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.619h (37.1m)
To the ancient Greeks, Aquarius represented Ganymede, a prince of Troy who was so beautiful that Zeus sent his eagle to bring the youth to Mt. Olympus where now he serves as Zeus’ special cupbearer. To compensate Ganymede’s father, King Tros, Zeus gave immortal horses from his own herd.
www.underthesky.com
Aquarius as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←January 2080→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 January 2080 2 January 2080 3 January 2080 4 January 2080 5 January 2080 6 January 2080 7 January 2080 8 January 2080 9 January 2080 10 January 2080 11 January 2080 12 January 2080 13 January 2080 14 January 2080 15 January 2080 16 January 2080 17 January 2080 18 January 2080 19 January 2080 20 January 2080 21 January 2080 22 January 2080 23 January 2080 24 January 2080 25 January 2080 26 January 2080 27 January 2080 28 January 2080 29 January 2080 30 January 2080 31 January 2080 1 February 2080 12 Pavo 249 13 Pavo 249 14 Pavo 249 15 Pavo 249 16 Pavo 249 17 Pavo 249 18 Pavo 249 19 Pavo 249 20 Pavo 249 21 Pavo 249 22 Pavo 249 23 Pavo 249 24 Pavo 249 25 Pavo 249 26 Pavo 249 27 Pavo 249 28 Pavo 249 1 Aquila 249 2 Aquila 249 3 Aquila 249 4 Aquila 249 5 Aquila 249 6 Aquila 249 7 Aquila 249 8 Aquila 249 9 Aquila 249 10 Aquila 249 11 Aquila 249 12 Aquila 249 13 Aquila 249 14 Aquila 249
MD 19797 MD 19798 MD 19799 MD 19800 MD 19801 MD 19802 MD 19803 MD 19804 MD 19805 MD 19806 MD 19807 MD 19808 MD 19809 MD 19810 MD 19811 MD 19812 MD 19813 MD 19814 MD 19815 MD 19816 MD 19817 MD 19818 MD 19819 MD 19820 MD 19821 MD 19822 MD 19823 MD 19824 MD 19825 MD 19826 MD 19827 MD 19828 MS 19271 MS 19272 MS 19273 MS 19274 MS 19275 MS 19276 MS 19277 MS 19278 MS 19279 MS 19280 MS 19281 MS 19282 MS 19283 MS 19284 MS 19285 MS 19286 MS 19287 MS 19288 MS 19289 MS 19290 MS 19291 MS 19292 MS 19293 MS 19294 MS 19295 MS 19296 MS 19297 MS 19298 MS 19299 MS 19300 MS 19301