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 1688→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 October 1688 2 October 1688 3 October 1688 4 October 1688 5 October 1688 6 October 1688 7 October 1688 8 October 1688 9 October 1688 10 October 1688 11 October 1688 12 October 1688 13 October 1688 14 October 1688 15 October 1688 16 October 1688 17 October 1688 18 October 1688 19 October 1688 20 October 1688 21 October 1688 22 October 1688 23 October 1688 24 October 1688 25 October 1688 26 October 1688 27 October 1688 28 October 1688 29 October 1688 30 October 1688 31 October 1688 1 November 1688 11 Aquila 41 12 Aquila 41 13 Aquila 41 14 Aquila 41 15 Aquila 41 16 Aquila 41 17 Aquila 41 18 Aquila 41 19 Aquila 41 20 Aquila 41 21 Aquila 41 22 Aquila 41 23 Aquila 41 24 Aquila 41 25 Aquila 41 26 Aquila 41 27 Aquila 41 1 Vulpecula 41 2 Vulpecula 41 3 Vulpecula 41 4 Vulpecula 41 5 Vulpecula 41 6 Vulpecula 41 7 Vulpecula 41 8 Vulpecula 41 9 Vulpecula 41 10 Vulpecula 41 11 Vulpecula 41 12 Vulpecula 41 13 Vulpecula 41 14 Vulpecula 41
MD -123104 MD -123103 MD -123102 MD -123101 MD -123100 MD -123099 MD -123098 MD -123097 MD -123096 MD -123095 MD -123094 MD -123093 MD -123092 MD -123091 MD -123090 MD -123089 MD -123088 MD -123087 MD -123086 MD -123085 MD -123084 MD -123083 MD -123082 MD -123081 MD -123080 MD -123079 MD -123078 MD -123077 MD -123076 MD -123075 MD -123074 MD -123073 MS -119768 MS -119767 MS -119766 MS -119765 MS -119764 MS -119763 MS -119762 MS -119761 MS -119760 MS -119759 MS -119758 MS -119757 MS -119756 MS -119755 MS -119754 MS -119753 MS -119752 MS -119751 MS -119750 MS -119749 MS -119748 MS -119747 MS -119746 MS -119745 MS -119744 MS -119743 MS -119742 MS -119741 MS -119740 MS -119739 MS -119738