IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Virgo
The Virgin
OriginAncient
AbbreviationVir
GenitiveVirginis
Pronunciation/ˈvɜːrɡoʊ/ genitive /ˈvɜːrdʒɪnɪs/
VER-go
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarSpica (α Virginis)
Right Ascention 13h 25m Declination -11° 10'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.386h (23.2m)
Virgo, “The Virgin”, is one of three constellations that represents a woman (Andromeda and Cassiopeia are the other). And to the Greeks this woman was Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, holding wheat in her hand. The Romans saw her as Astraea, the goddess of justice, holding the scales Libra.
www.underthesky.com
Virgo as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←August 0122→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 0122 2 August 0122 3 August 0122 4 August 0122 5 August 0122 6 August 0122 7 August 0122 8 August 0122 9 August 0122 10 August 0122 11 August 0122 12 August 0122 13 August 0122 14 August 0122 15 August 0122 16 August 0122 17 August 0122 18 August 0122 19 August 0122 20 August 0122 21 August 0122 22 August 0122 23 August 0122 24 August 0122 25 August 0122 26 August 0122 27 August 0122 28 August 0122 29 August 0122 30 August 0122 31 August 0122 1 September 122
MD -695136 MD -695135 MD -695134 MD -695133 MD -695132 MD -695131 MD -695130 MD -695129 MD -695128 MD -695127 MD -695126 MD -695125 MD -695124 MD -695123 MD -695122 MD -695121 MD -695120 MD -695119 MD -695118 MD -695117 MD -695116 MD -695115 MD -695114 MD -695113 MD -695112 MD -695111 MD -695110 MD -695109 MD -695108 MD -695107 MD -695106 MD -695105