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 4189→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 January 4189 2 January 4189 3 January 4189 4 January 4189 5 January 4189 6 January 4189 7 January 4189 8 January 4189 9 January 4189 10 January 4189 11 January 4189 12 January 4189 13 January 4189 14 January 4189 15 January 4189 16 January 4189 17 January 4189 18 January 4189 19 January 4189 20 January 4189 21 January 4189 22 January 4189 23 January 4189 24 January 4189 25 January 4189 26 January 4189 27 January 4189 28 January 4189 29 January 4189 30 January 4189 31 January 4189 1 February 4189 28 Apus 1370 1 Pavo 1370 2 Pavo 1370 3 Pavo 1370 4 Pavo 1370 5 Pavo 1370 6 Pavo 1370 7 Pavo 1370 8 Pavo 1370 9 Pavo 1370 10 Pavo 1370 11 Pavo 1370 12 Pavo 1370 13 Pavo 1370 14 Pavo 1370 15 Pavo 1370 16 Pavo 1370 17 Pavo 1370 18 Pavo 1370 19 Pavo 1370 20 Pavo 1370 21 Pavo 1370 22 Pavo 1370 23 Pavo 1370 24 Pavo 1370 25 Pavo 1370 26 Pavo 1370 27 Pavo 1370 28 Pavo 1370 1 Aquila 1370 2 Aquila 1370
MD 790094 MD 790095 MD 790096 MD 790097 MD 790098 MD 790099 MD 790100 MD 790101 MD 790102 MD 790103 MD 790104 MD 790105 MD 790106 MD 790107 MD 790108 MD 790109 MD 790110 MD 790111 MD 790112 MD 790113 MD 790114 MD 790115 MD 790116 MD 790117 MD 790118 MD 790119 MD 790120 MD 790121 MD 790122 MD 790123 MD 790124 MD 790125 MS 768749 MS 768750 MS 768751 MS 768752 MS 768753 MS 768754 MS 768755 MS 768756 MS 768757 MS 768758 MS 768759 MS 768760 MS 768761 MS 768762 MS 768763 MS 768764 MS 768765 MS 768766 MS 768767 MS 768768 MS 768769 MS 768770 MS 768771 MS 768772 MS 768773 MS 768774 MS 768775 MS 768776 MS 768777 MS 768778 MS 768779