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 4108→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
1 January 4108 2 January 4108 3 January 4108 4 January 4108 5 January 4108 6 January 4108 7 January 4108 8 January 4108 9 January 4108 10 January 4108 11 January 4108 12 January 4108 13 January 4108 14 January 4108 15 January 4108 16 January 4108 17 January 4108 18 January 4108 19 January 4108 20 January 4108 21 January 4108 22 January 4108 23 January 4108 24 January 4108 25 January 4108 26 January 4108 27 January 4108 28 January 4108 29 January 4108 30 January 4108 31 January 4108 1 February 4108 19 Lupus 1327 20 Lupus 1327 21 Lupus 1327 22 Lupus 1327 23 Lupus 1327 24 Lupus 1327 25 Lupus 1327 26 Lupus 1327 27 Lupus 1327 28 Lupus 1327 1 Apus 1327 2 Apus 1327 3 Apus 1327 4 Apus 1327 5 Apus 1327 6 Apus 1327 7 Apus 1327 8 Apus 1327 9 Apus 1327 10 Apus 1327 11 Apus 1327 12 Apus 1327 13 Apus 1327 14 Apus 1327 15 Apus 1327 16 Apus 1327 17 Apus 1327 18 Apus 1327 19 Apus 1327 20 Apus 1327 21 Apus 1327 22 Apus 1327
MD 760508 MD 760509 MD 760510 MD 760511 MD 760512 MD 760513 MD 760514 MD 760515 MD 760516 MD 760517 MD 760518 MD 760519 MD 760520 MD 760521 MD 760522 MD 760523 MD 760524 MD 760525 MD 760526 MD 760527 MD 760528 MD 760529 MD 760530 MD 760531 MD 760532 MD 760533 MD 760534 MD 760535 MD 760536 MD 760537 MD 760538 MD 760539 MS 739962 MS 739963 MS 739964 MS 739965 MS 739966 MS 739967 MS 739968 MS 739969 MS 739970 MS 739971 MS 739972 MS 739973 MS 739974 MS 739975 MS 739976 MS 739977 MS 739978 MS 739979 MS 739980 MS 739981 MS 739982 MS 739983 MS 739984 MS 739985 MS 739986 MS 739987 MS 739988 MS 739989 MS 739990 MS 739991 MS 739992 MS 739993