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 2974→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 January 2974 2 January 2974 3 January 2974 4 January 2974 5 January 2974 6 January 2974 7 January 2974 8 January 2974 9 January 2974 10 January 2974 11 January 2974 12 January 2974 13 January 2974 14 January 2974 15 January 2974 16 January 2974 17 January 2974 18 January 2974 19 January 2974 20 January 2974 21 January 2974 22 January 2974 23 January 2974 24 January 2974 25 January 2974 26 January 2974 27 January 2974 28 January 2974 29 January 2974 30 January 2974 31 January 2974 1 February 2974 22 Delphinus 724 23 Delphinus 724 24 Delphinus 724 25 Delphinus 724 26 Delphinus 724 27 Delphinus 724 28 Delphinus 724 1 Grus 724 2 Grus 724 3 Grus 724 4 Grus 724 5 Grus 724 6 Grus 724 7 Grus 724 8 Grus 724 9 Grus 724 10 Grus 724 11 Grus 724 12 Grus 724 13 Grus 724 14 Grus 724 15 Grus 724 16 Grus 724 17 Grus 724 18 Grus 724 19 Grus 724 20 Grus 724 21 Grus 724 22 Grus 724 23 Grus 724 24 Grus 724
MD 346324 MD 346325 MD 346326 MD 346327 MD 346328 MD 346329 MD 346330 MD 346331 MD 346332 MD 346333 MD 346334 MD 346335 MD 346336 MD 346337 MD 346338 MD 346339 MD 346340 MD 346341 MD 346342 MD 346343 MD 346344 MD 346345 MD 346346 MD 346347 MD 346348 MD 346349 MD 346350 MD 346351 MD 346352 MD 346353 MD 346354 MD 346355 MS 336973 MS 336974 MS 336975 MS 336976 MS 336977 MS 336978 MS 336979 MS 336980 MS 336981 MS 336982 MS 336983 MS 336984 MS 336985 MS 336986 MS 336987 MS 336988 MS 336989 MS 336990 MS 336991 MS 336992 MS 336993 MS 336994 MS 336995 MS 336996 MS 336997 MS 336998 MS 336999 MS 337000 MS 337001 MS 337002 MS 337003