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 0531→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 January 0531 2 January 0531 3 January 0531 4 January 0531 5 January 0531 6 January 0531 7 January 0531 8 January 0531 9 January 0531 10 January 0531 11 January 0531 12 January 0531 13 January 0531 14 January 0531 15 January 0531 16 January 0531 17 January 0531 18 January 0531 19 January 0531 20 January 0531 21 January 0531 22 January 0531 23 January 0531 24 January 0531 25 January 0531 26 January 0531 27 January 0531 28 January 0531 29 January 0531 30 January 0531 31 January 0531 1 February 531
MD -545964 MD -545963 MD -545962 MD -545961 MD -545960 MD -545959 MD -545958 MD -545957 MD -545956 MD -545955 MD -545954 MD -545953 MD -545952 MD -545951 MD -545950 MD -545949 MD -545948 MD -545947 MD -545946 MD -545945 MD -545944 MD -545943 MD -545942 MD -545941 MD -545940 MD -545939 MD -545938 MD -545937 MD -545936 MD -545935 MD -545934 MD -545933