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 2089→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 October 2089 2 October 2089 3 October 2089 4 October 2089 5 October 2089 6 October 2089 7 October 2089 8 October 2089 9 October 2089 10 October 2089 11 October 2089 12 October 2089 13 October 2089 14 October 2089 15 October 2089 16 October 2089 17 October 2089 18 October 2089 19 October 2089 20 October 2089 21 October 2089 22 October 2089 23 October 2089 24 October 2089 25 October 2089 26 October 2089 27 October 2089 28 October 2089 29 October 2089 30 October 2089 31 October 2089 1 November 2089 21 Delphinus 254 22 Delphinus 254 23 Delphinus 254 24 Delphinus 254 25 Delphinus 254 26 Delphinus 254 27 Delphinus 254 28 Delphinus 254 1 Grus 254 2 Grus 254 3 Grus 254 4 Grus 254 5 Grus 254 6 Grus 254 7 Grus 254 8 Grus 254 9 Grus 254 10 Grus 254 11 Grus 254 12 Grus 254 13 Grus 254 14 Grus 254 15 Grus 254 16 Grus 254 17 Grus 254 18 Grus 254 19 Grus 254 20 Grus 254 21 Grus 254 22 Grus 254 23 Grus 254 24 Grus 254
MD 23358 MD 23359 MD 23360 MD 23361 MD 23362 MD 23363 MD 23364 MD 23365 MD 23366 MD 23367 MD 23368 MD 23369 MD 23370 MD 23371 MD 23372 MD 23373 MD 23374 MD 23375 MD 23376 MD 23377 MD 23378 MD 23379 MD 23380 MD 23381 MD 23382 MD 23383 MD 23384 MD 23385 MD 23386 MD 23387 MD 23388 MD 23389 MS 22735 MS 22736 MS 22737 MS 22738 MS 22739 MS 22740 MS 22741 MS 22742 MS 22743 MS 22744 MS 22745 MS 22746 MS 22747 MS 22748 MS 22749 MS 22750 MS 22751 MS 22752 MS 22753 MS 22754 MS 22755 MS 22756 MS 22757 MS 22758 MS 22759 MS 22760 MS 22761 MS 22762 MS 22763 MS 22764 MS 22765 MS 22766