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 2208→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 January 2208 2 January 2208 3 January 2208 4 January 2208 5 January 2208 6 January 2208 7 January 2208 8 January 2208 9 January 2208 10 January 2208 11 January 2208 12 January 2208 13 January 2208 14 January 2208 15 January 2208 16 January 2208 17 January 2208 18 January 2208 19 January 2208 20 January 2208 21 January 2208 22 January 2208 23 January 2208 24 January 2208 25 January 2208 26 January 2208 27 January 2208 28 January 2208 29 January 2208 30 January 2208 31 January 2208 1 February 2208 6 Aquila 317 7 Aquila 317 8 Aquila 317 9 Aquila 317 10 Aquila 317 11 Aquila 317 12 Aquila 317 13 Aquila 317 14 Aquila 317 15 Aquila 317 16 Aquila 317 17 Aquila 317 18 Aquila 317 19 Aquila 317 20 Aquila 317 21 Aquila 317 22 Aquila 317 23 Aquila 317 24 Aquila 317 25 Aquila 317 26 Aquila 317 27 Aquila 317 1 Vulpecula 317 2 Vulpecula 317 3 Vulpecula 317 4 Vulpecula 317 5 Vulpecula 317 6 Vulpecula 317 7 Vulpecula 317 8 Vulpecula 317 9 Vulpecula 317
MD 66547 MD 66548 MD 66549 MD 66550 MD 66551 MD 66552 MD 66553 MD 66554 MD 66555 MD 66556 MD 66557 MD 66558 MD 66559 MD 66560 MD 66561 MD 66562 MD 66563 MD 66564 MD 66565 MD 66566 MD 66567 MD 66568 MD 66569 MD 66570 MD 66571 MD 66572 MD 66573 MD 66574 MD 66575 MD 66576 MD 66577 MD 66578 MS 64757 MS 64758 MS 64759 MS 64760 MS 64761 MS 64762 MS 64763 MS 64764 MS 64765 MS 64766 MS 64767 MS 64768 MS 64769 MS 64770 MS 64771 MS 64772 MS 64773 MS 64774 MS 64775 MS 64776 MS 64777 MS 64778 MS 64779 MS 64780 MS 64781 MS 64782 MS 64783 MS 64784 MS 64785 MS 64786 MS 64787