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 2314→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 October 2314 2 October 2314 3 October 2314 4 October 2314 5 October 2314 6 October 2314 7 October 2314 8 October 2314 9 October 2314 10 October 2314 11 October 2314 12 October 2314 13 October 2314 14 October 2314 15 October 2314 16 October 2314 17 October 2314 18 October 2314 19 October 2314 20 October 2314 21 October 2314 22 October 2314 23 October 2314 24 October 2314 25 October 2314 26 October 2314 27 October 2314 28 October 2314 29 October 2314 30 October 2314 31 October 2314 1 November 2314 25 Hydra 374 26 Hydra 374 27 Hydra 374 28 Hydra 374 1 Corvus 374 2 Corvus 374 3 Corvus 374 4 Corvus 374 5 Corvus 374 6 Corvus 374 7 Corvus 374 8 Corvus 374 9 Corvus 374 10 Corvus 374 11 Corvus 374 12 Corvus 374 13 Corvus 374 14 Corvus 374 15 Corvus 374 16 Corvus 374 17 Corvus 374 18 Corvus 374 19 Corvus 374 20 Corvus 374 21 Corvus 374 22 Corvus 374 23 Corvus 374 24 Corvus 374 25 Corvus 374 26 Corvus 374 27 Corvus 374 1 Centaurus 374
MD 105536 MD 105537 MD 105538 MD 105539 MD 105540 MD 105541 MD 105542 MD 105543 MD 105544 MD 105545 MD 105546 MD 105547 MD 105548 MD 105549 MD 105550 MD 105551 MD 105552 MD 105553 MD 105554 MD 105555 MD 105556 MD 105557 MD 105558 MD 105559 MD 105560 MD 105561 MD 105562 MD 105563 MD 105564 MD 105565 MD 105566 MD 105567 MS 102692 MS 102693 MS 102694 MS 102695 MS 102696 MS 102697 MS 102698 MS 102699 MS 102700 MS 102701 MS 102702 MS 102703 MS 102704 MS 102705 MS 102706 MS 102707 MS 102708 MS 102709 MS 102710 MS 102711 MS 102712 MS 102713 MS 102714 MS 102715 MS 102716 MS 102717 MS 102718 MS 102719 MS 102720 MS 102721 MS 102722 MS 102723