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 4101→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 October 4101 2 October 4101 3 October 4101 4 October 4101 5 October 4101 6 October 4101 7 October 4101 8 October 4101 9 October 4101 10 October 4101 11 October 4101 12 October 4101 13 October 4101 14 October 4101 15 October 4101 16 October 4101 17 October 4101 18 October 4101 19 October 4101 20 October 4101 21 October 4101 22 October 4101 23 October 4101 24 October 4101 25 October 4101 26 October 4101 27 October 4101 28 October 4101 29 October 4101 30 October 4101 31 October 4101 1 November 4101 26 Volans 1324 27 Volans 1324 28 Volans 1324 1 Lynx 1324 2 Lynx 1324 3 Lynx 1324 4 Lynx 1324 5 Lynx 1324 6 Lynx 1324 7 Lynx 1324 8 Lynx 1324 9 Lynx 1324 10 Lynx 1324 11 Lynx 1324 12 Lynx 1324 13 Lynx 1324 14 Lynx 1324 15 Lynx 1324 16 Lynx 1324 17 Lynx 1324 18 Lynx 1324 19 Lynx 1324 20 Lynx 1324 21 Lynx 1324 22 Lynx 1324 23 Lynx 1324 24 Lynx 1324 25 Lynx 1324 26 Lynx 1324 27 Lynx 1324 28 Lynx 1324
MD 758225 MD 758226 MD 758227 MD 758228 MD 758229 MD 758230 MD 758231 MD 758232 MD 758233 MD 758234 MD 758235 MD 758236 MD 758237 MD 758238 MD 758239 MD 758240 MD 758241 MD 758242 MD 758243 MD 758244 MD 758245 MD 758246 MD 758247 MD 758248 MD 758249 MD 758250 MD 758251 MD 758252 MD 758253 MD 758254 MD 758255 MD 758256 MS 737741 MS 737742 MS 737743 MS 737744 MS 737745 MS 737746 MS 737747 MS 737748 MS 737749 MS 737750 MS 737751 MS 737752 MS 737753 MS 737754 MS 737755 MS 737756 MS 737757 MS 737758 MS 737759 MS 737760 MS 737761 MS 737762 MS 737763 MS 737764 MS 737765 MS 737766 MS 737767 MS 737768 MS 737769 MS 737770 MS 737771