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 0892→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 January 0892 2 January 0892 3 January 0892 4 January 0892 5 January 0892 6 January 0892 7 January 0892 8 January 0892 9 January 0892 10 January 0892 11 January 0892 12 January 0892 13 January 0892 14 January 0892 15 January 0892 16 January 0892 17 January 0892 18 January 0892 19 January 0892 20 January 0892 21 January 0892 22 January 0892 23 January 0892 24 January 0892 25 January 0892 26 January 0892 27 January 0892 28 January 0892 29 January 0892 30 January 0892 31 January 0892 1 February 892
MD -414111 MD -414110 MD -414109 MD -414108 MD -414107 MD -414106 MD -414105 MD -414104 MD -414103 MD -414102 MD -414101 MD -414100 MD -414099 MD -414098 MD -414097 MD -414096 MD -414095 MD -414094 MD -414093 MD -414092 MD -414091 MD -414090 MD -414089 MD -414088 MD -414087 MD -414086 MD -414085 MD -414084 MD -414083 MD -414082 MD -414081 MD -414080