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 3474→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 January 3474 2 January 3474 3 January 3474 4 January 3474 5 January 3474 6 January 3474 7 January 3474 8 January 3474 9 January 3474 10 January 3474 11 January 3474 12 January 3474 13 January 3474 14 January 3474 15 January 3474 16 January 3474 17 January 3474 18 January 3474 19 January 3474 20 January 3474 21 January 3474 22 January 3474 23 January 3474 24 January 3474 25 January 3474 26 January 3474 27 January 3474 28 January 3474 29 January 3474 30 January 3474 31 January 3474 1 February 3474 1 Apus 990 2 Apus 990 3 Apus 990 4 Apus 990 5 Apus 990 6 Apus 990 7 Apus 990 8 Apus 990 9 Apus 990 10 Apus 990 11 Apus 990 12 Apus 990 13 Apus 990 14 Apus 990 15 Apus 990 16 Apus 990 17 Apus 990 18 Apus 990 19 Apus 990 20 Apus 990 21 Apus 990 22 Apus 990 23 Apus 990 24 Apus 990 25 Apus 990 26 Apus 990 27 Apus 990 28 Apus 990 1 Pavo 990 2 Pavo 990 3 Pavo 990
MD 528945 MD 528946 MD 528947 MD 528948 MD 528949 MD 528950 MD 528951 MD 528952 MD 528953 MD 528954 MD 528955 MD 528956 MD 528957 MD 528958 MD 528959 MD 528960 MD 528961 MD 528962 MD 528963 MD 528964 MD 528965 MD 528966 MD 528967 MD 528968 MD 528969 MD 528970 MD 528971 MD 528972 MD 528973 MD 528974 MD 528975 MD 528976 MS 514658 MS 514659 MS 514660 MS 514661 MS 514662 MS 514663 MS 514664 MS 514665 MS 514666 MS 514667 MS 514668 MS 514669 MS 514670 MS 514671 MS 514672 MS 514673 MS 514674 MS 514675 MS 514676 MS 514677 MS 514678 MS 514679 MS 514680 MS 514681 MS 514682 MS 514683 MS 514684 MS 514685 MS 514686 MS 514687 MS 514688