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 1752→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
1 October 1752 2 October 1752 3 October 1752 4 October 1752 5 October 1752 6 October 1752 7 October 1752 8 October 1752 9 October 1752 10 October 1752 11 October 1752 12 October 1752 13 October 1752 14 October 1752 15 October 1752 16 October 1752 17 October 1752 18 October 1752 19 October 1752 20 October 1752 21 October 1752 22 October 1752 23 October 1752 24 October 1752 25 October 1752 26 October 1752 27 October 1752 28 October 1752 29 October 1752 30 October 1752 31 October 1752 1 November 1752 22 Aquila 75 23 Aquila 75 24 Aquila 75 25 Aquila 75 26 Aquila 75 27 Aquila 75 1 Vulpecula 75 2 Vulpecula 75 3 Vulpecula 75 4 Vulpecula 75 5 Vulpecula 75 6 Vulpecula 75 7 Vulpecula 75 8 Vulpecula 75 9 Vulpecula 75 10 Vulpecula 75 11 Vulpecula 75 12 Vulpecula 75 13 Vulpecula 75 14 Vulpecula 75 15 Vulpecula 75 16 Vulpecula 75 17 Vulpecula 75 18 Vulpecula 75 19 Vulpecula 75 20 Vulpecula 75 21 Vulpecula 75 22 Vulpecula 75 23 Vulpecula 75 24 Vulpecula 75 25 Vulpecula 75
MD -99729 MD -99728 MD -99727 MD -99726 MD -99725 MD -99724 MD -99723 MD -99722 MD -99721 MD -99720 MD -99719 MD -99718 MD -99717 MD -99716 MD -99715 MD -99714 MD -99713 MD -99712 MD -99711 MD -99710 MD -99709 MD -99708 MD -99707 MD -99706 MD -99705 MD -99704 MD -99703 MD -99702 MD -99701 MD -99700 MD -99699 MD -99698 MS -97025 MS -97024 MS -97023 MS -97022 MS -97021 MS -97020 MS -97019 MS -97018 MS -97017 MS -97016 MS -97015 MS -97014 MS -97013 MS -97012 MS -97011 MS -97010 MS -97009 MS -97008 MS -97007 MS -97006 MS -97005 MS -97004 MS -97003 MS -97002 MS -97001 MS -97000 MS -96999 MS -96998 MS -96997 MS -96996 MS -96995