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 4249→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 January 4249 2 January 4249 3 January 4249 4 January 4249 5 January 4249 6 January 4249 7 January 4249 8 January 4249 9 January 4249 10 January 4249 11 January 4249 12 January 4249 13 January 4249 14 January 4249 15 January 4249 16 January 4249 17 January 4249 18 January 4249 19 January 4249 20 January 4249 21 January 4249 22 January 4249 23 January 4249 24 January 4249 25 January 4249 26 January 4249 27 January 4249 28 January 4249 29 January 4249 30 January 4249 31 January 4249 1 February 4249 11 Draco 1402 12 Draco 1402 13 Draco 1402 14 Draco 1402 15 Draco 1402 16 Draco 1402 17 Draco 1402 18 Draco 1402 19 Draco 1402 20 Draco 1402 21 Draco 1402 22 Draco 1402 23 Draco 1402 24 Draco 1402 25 Draco 1402 26 Draco 1402 27 Draco 1402 28 Draco 1402 1 Lupus 1402 2 Lupus 1402 3 Lupus 1402 4 Lupus 1402 5 Lupus 1402 6 Lupus 1402 7 Lupus 1402 8 Lupus 1402 9 Lupus 1402 10 Lupus 1402 11 Lupus 1402 12 Lupus 1402 13 Lupus 1402
MD 812008 MD 812009 MD 812010 MD 812011 MD 812012 MD 812013 MD 812014 MD 812015 MD 812016 MD 812017 MD 812018 MD 812019 MD 812020 MD 812021 MD 812022 MD 812023 MD 812024 MD 812025 MD 812026 MD 812027 MD 812028 MD 812029 MD 812030 MD 812031 MD 812032 MD 812033 MD 812034 MD 812035 MD 812036 MD 812037 MD 812038 MD 812039 MS 790071 MS 790072 MS 790073 MS 790074 MS 790075 MS 790076 MS 790077 MS 790078 MS 790079 MS 790080 MS 790081 MS 790082 MS 790083 MS 790084 MS 790085 MS 790086 MS 790087 MS 790088 MS 790089 MS 790090 MS 790091 MS 790092 MS 790093 MS 790094 MS 790095 MS 790096 MS 790097 MS 790098 MS 790099 MS 790100 MS 790101