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 3235→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 January 3235 2 January 3235 3 January 3235 4 January 3235 5 January 3235 6 January 3235 7 January 3235 8 January 3235 9 January 3235 10 January 3235 11 January 3235 12 January 3235 13 January 3235 14 January 3235 15 January 3235 16 January 3235 17 January 3235 18 January 3235 19 January 3235 20 January 3235 21 January 3235 22 January 3235 23 January 3235 24 January 3235 25 January 3235 26 January 3235 27 January 3235 28 January 3235 29 January 3235 30 January 3235 31 January 3235 1 February 3235 6 Lupus 863 7 Lupus 863 8 Lupus 863 9 Lupus 863 10 Lupus 863 11 Lupus 863 12 Lupus 863 13 Lupus 863 14 Lupus 863 15 Lupus 863 16 Lupus 863 17 Lupus 863 18 Lupus 863 19 Lupus 863 20 Lupus 863 21 Lupus 863 22 Lupus 863 23 Lupus 863 24 Lupus 863 25 Lupus 863 26 Lupus 863 27 Lupus 863 28 Lupus 863 1 Apus 863 2 Apus 863 3 Apus 863 4 Apus 863 5 Apus 863 6 Apus 863 7 Apus 863 8 Apus 863
MD 441652 MD 441653 MD 441654 MD 441655 MD 441656 MD 441657 MD 441658 MD 441659 MD 441660 MD 441661 MD 441662 MD 441663 MD 441664 MD 441665 MD 441666 MD 441667 MD 441668 MD 441669 MD 441670 MD 441671 MD 441672 MD 441673 MD 441674 MD 441675 MD 441676 MD 441677 MD 441678 MD 441679 MD 441680 MD 441681 MD 441682 MD 441683 MS 429724 MS 429725 MS 429726 MS 429727 MS 429728 MS 429729 MS 429730 MS 429731 MS 429732 MS 429733 MS 429734 MS 429735 MS 429736 MS 429737 MS 429738 MS 429739 MS 429740 MS 429741 MS 429742 MS 429743 MS 429744 MS 429745 MS 429746 MS 429747 MS 429748 MS 429749 MS 429750 MS 429751 MS 429752 MS 429753 MS 429754