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 3371→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 January 3371 2 January 3371 3 January 3371 4 January 3371 5 January 3371 6 January 3371 7 January 3371 8 January 3371 9 January 3371 10 January 3371 11 January 3371 12 January 3371 13 January 3371 14 January 3371 15 January 3371 16 January 3371 17 January 3371 18 January 3371 19 January 3371 20 January 3371 21 January 3371 22 January 3371 23 January 3371 24 January 3371 25 January 3371 26 January 3371 27 January 3371 28 January 3371 29 January 3371 30 January 3371 31 January 3371 1 February 3371 4 Grus 935 5 Grus 935 6 Grus 935 7 Grus 935 8 Grus 935 9 Grus 935 10 Grus 935 11 Grus 935 12 Grus 935 13 Grus 935 14 Grus 935 15 Grus 935 16 Grus 935 17 Grus 935 18 Grus 935 19 Grus 935 20 Grus 935 21 Grus 935 22 Grus 935 23 Grus 935 24 Grus 935 25 Grus 935 26 Grus 935 27 Grus 935 28 Grus 935 1 Pegasus 935 2 Pegasus 935 3 Pegasus 935 4 Pegasus 935 5 Pegasus 935 6 Pegasus 935
MD 491325 MD 491326 MD 491327 MD 491328 MD 491329 MD 491330 MD 491331 MD 491332 MD 491333 MD 491334 MD 491335 MD 491336 MD 491337 MD 491338 MD 491339 MD 491340 MD 491341 MD 491342 MD 491343 MD 491344 MD 491345 MD 491346 MD 491347 MD 491348 MD 491349 MD 491350 MD 491351 MD 491352 MD 491353 MD 491354 MD 491355 MD 491356 MS 478055 MS 478056 MS 478057 MS 478058 MS 478059 MS 478060 MS 478061 MS 478062 MS 478063 MS 478064 MS 478065 MS 478066 MS 478067 MS 478068 MS 478069 MS 478070 MS 478071 MS 478072 MS 478073 MS 478074 MS 478075 MS 478076 MS 478077 MS 478078 MS 478079 MS 478080 MS 478081 MS 478082 MS 478083 MS 478084 MS 478085