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 2353→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 January 2353 2 January 2353 3 January 2353 4 January 2353 5 January 2353 6 January 2353 7 January 2353 8 January 2353 9 January 2353 10 January 2353 11 January 2353 12 January 2353 13 January 2353 14 January 2353 15 January 2353 16 January 2353 17 January 2353 18 January 2353 19 January 2353 20 January 2353 21 January 2353 22 January 2353 23 January 2353 24 January 2353 25 January 2353 26 January 2353 27 January 2353 28 January 2353 29 January 2353 30 January 2353 31 January 2353 1 February 2353 26 Vulpecula 394 27 Vulpecula 394 28 Vulpecula 394 1 Cygnus 394 2 Cygnus 394 3 Cygnus 394 4 Cygnus 394 5 Cygnus 394 6 Cygnus 394 7 Cygnus 394 8 Cygnus 394 9 Cygnus 394 10 Cygnus 394 11 Cygnus 394 12 Cygnus 394 13 Cygnus 394 14 Cygnus 394 15 Cygnus 394 16 Cygnus 394 17 Cygnus 394 18 Cygnus 394 19 Cygnus 394 20 Cygnus 394 21 Cygnus 394 22 Cygnus 394 23 Cygnus 394 24 Cygnus 394 25 Cygnus 394 26 Cygnus 394 27 Cygnus 394 28 Cygnus 394
MD 119508 MD 119509 MD 119510 MD 119511 MD 119512 MD 119513 MD 119514 MD 119515 MD 119516 MD 119517 MD 119518 MD 119519 MD 119520 MD 119521 MD 119522 MD 119523 MD 119524 MD 119525 MD 119526 MD 119527 MD 119528 MD 119529 MD 119530 MD 119531 MD 119532 MD 119533 MD 119534 MD 119535 MD 119536 MD 119537 MD 119538 MD 119539 MS 116287 MS 116288 MS 116289 MS 116290 MS 116291 MS 116292 MS 116293 MS 116294 MS 116295 MS 116296 MS 116297 MS 116298 MS 116299 MS 116300 MS 116301 MS 116302 MS 116303 MS 116304 MS 116305 MS 116306 MS 116307 MS 116308 MS 116309 MS 116310 MS 116311 MS 116312 MS 116313 MS 116314 MS 116315 MS 116316 MS 116317