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 4082→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 January 4082 2 January 4082 3 January 4082 4 January 4082 5 January 4082 6 January 4082 7 January 4082 8 January 4082 9 January 4082 10 January 4082 11 January 4082 12 January 4082 13 January 4082 14 January 4082 15 January 4082 16 January 4082 17 January 4082 18 January 4082 19 January 4082 20 January 4082 21 January 4082 22 January 4082 23 January 4082 24 January 4082 25 January 4082 26 January 4082 27 January 4082 28 January 4082 29 January 4082 30 January 4082 31 January 4082 1 February 4082 2 Cygnus 1313 3 Cygnus 1313 4 Cygnus 1313 5 Cygnus 1313 6 Cygnus 1313 7 Cygnus 1313 8 Cygnus 1313 9 Cygnus 1313 10 Cygnus 1313 11 Cygnus 1313 12 Cygnus 1313 13 Cygnus 1313 14 Cygnus 1313 15 Cygnus 1313 16 Cygnus 1313 17 Cygnus 1313 18 Cygnus 1313 19 Cygnus 1313 20 Cygnus 1313 21 Cygnus 1313 22 Cygnus 1313 23 Cygnus 1313 24 Cygnus 1313 25 Cygnus 1313 26 Cygnus 1313 27 Cygnus 1313 28 Cygnus 1313 1 Delphinus 1313 2 Delphinus 1313 3 Delphinus 1313 4 Delphinus 1313
MD 751013 MD 751014 MD 751015 MD 751016 MD 751017 MD 751018 MD 751019 MD 751020 MD 751021 MD 751022 MD 751023 MD 751024 MD 751025 MD 751026 MD 751027 MD 751028 MD 751029 MD 751030 MD 751031 MD 751032 MD 751033 MD 751034 MD 751035 MD 751036 MD 751037 MD 751038 MD 751039 MD 751040 MD 751041 MD 751042 MD 751043 MD 751044 MS 730724 MS 730725 MS 730726 MS 730727 MS 730728 MS 730729 MS 730730 MS 730731 MS 730732 MS 730733 MS 730734 MS 730735 MS 730736 MS 730737 MS 730738 MS 730739 MS 730740 MS 730741 MS 730742 MS 730743 MS 730744 MS 730745 MS 730746 MS 730747 MS 730748 MS 730749 MS 730750 MS 730751 MS 730752 MS 730753 MS 730754