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 0365→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 October 0365 2 October 0365 3 October 0365 4 October 0365 5 October 0365 6 October 0365 7 October 0365 8 October 0365 9 October 0365 10 October 0365 11 October 0365 12 October 0365 13 October 0365 14 October 0365 15 October 0365 16 October 0365 17 October 0365 18 October 0365 19 October 0365 20 October 0365 21 October 0365 22 October 0365 23 October 0365 24 October 0365 25 October 0365 26 October 0365 27 October 0365 28 October 0365 29 October 0365 30 October 0365 31 October 0365 1 November 365
MD -606321 MD -606320 MD -606319 MD -606318 MD -606317 MD -606316 MD -606315 MD -606314 MD -606313 MD -606312 MD -606311 MD -606310 MD -606309 MD -606308 MD -606307 MD -606306 MD -606305 MD -606304 MD -606303 MD -606302 MD -606301 MD -606300 MD -606299 MD -606298 MD -606297 MD -606296 MD -606295 MD -606294 MD -606293 MD -606292 MD -606291 MD -606290