IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Scorpius
The Scorpion
OriginAncient
AbbreviationSco
GenitiveScorpii
Pronunciation/ˈskɔːrpiəs/ genitive /ˈskɔːrpiaɪ/
SCOR-pee-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarAntares (α Scorpii)
Right Ascention 16h 29m Declination -26° 26'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.474h (28.4m)
Scorpius is the scorpion sent by Hera to kill Orion, the hunter who boasted that there was no beast that could kill him. The scorpion was crushed by Orion, but not before delivering a fatal sting. Hera placed the scorpion in the night sky as the constellation Scorpius.
www.underthesky.com
Scorpius 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.
←October 0981→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 October 0981 2 October 0981 3 October 0981 4 October 0981 5 October 0981 6 October 0981 7 October 0981 8 October 0981 9 October 0981 10 October 0981 11 October 0981 12 October 0981 13 October 0981 14 October 0981 15 October 0981 16 October 0981 17 October 0981 18 October 0981 19 October 0981 20 October 0981 21 October 0981 22 October 0981 23 October 0981 24 October 0981 25 October 0981 26 October 0981 27 October 0981 28 October 0981 29 October 0981 30 October 0981 31 October 0981 1 November 981
MD -381331 MD -381330 MD -381329 MD -381328 MD -381327 MD -381326 MD -381325 MD -381324 MD -381323 MD -381322 MD -381321 MD -381320 MD -381319 MD -381318 MD -381317 MD -381316 MD -381315 MD -381314 MD -381313 MD -381312 MD -381311 MD -381310 MD -381309 MD -381308 MD -381307 MD -381306 MD -381305 MD -381304 MD -381303 MD -381302 MD -381301 MD -381300