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 1348→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 October 1348 2 October 1348 3 October 1348 4 October 1348 5 October 1348 6 October 1348 7 October 1348 8 October 1348 9 October 1348 10 October 1348 11 October 1348 12 October 1348 13 October 1348 14 October 1348 15 October 1348 16 October 1348 17 October 1348 18 October 1348 19 October 1348 20 October 1348 21 October 1348 22 October 1348 23 October 1348 24 October 1348 25 October 1348 26 October 1348 27 October 1348 28 October 1348 29 October 1348 30 October 1348 31 October 1348 1 November 1348
MD -247287 MD -247286 MD -247285 MD -247284 MD -247283 MD -247282 MD -247281 MD -247280 MD -247279 MD -247278 MD -247277 MD -247276 MD -247275 MD -247274 MD -247273 MD -247272 MD -247271 MD -247270 MD -247269 MD -247268 MD -247267 MD -247266 MD -247265 MD -247264 MD -247263 MD -247262 MD -247261 MD -247260 MD -247259 MD -247258 MD -247257 MD -247256