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 0144→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 0144 2 August 0144 3 August 0144 4 August 0144 5 August 0144 6 August 0144 7 August 0144 8 August 0144 9 August 0144 10 August 0144 11 August 0144 12 August 0144 13 August 0144 14 August 0144 15 August 0144 16 August 0144 17 August 0144 18 August 0144 19 August 0144 20 August 0144 21 August 0144 22 August 0144 23 August 0144 24 August 0144 25 August 0144 26 August 0144 27 August 0144 28 August 0144 29 August 0144 30 August 0144 31 August 0144 1 September 144 24 Phoenix -779 25 Phoenix -779 26 Phoenix -779 27 Phoenix -779 28 Phoenix -779
MD -687100 MD -687099 MD -687098 MD -687097 MD -687096 MD -687095 MD -687094 MD -687093 MD -687092 MD -687091 MD -687090 MD -687089 MD -687088 MD -687087 MD -687086 MD -687085 MD -687084 MD -687083 MD -687082 MD -687081 MD -687080 MD -687079 MD -687078 MD -687077 MD -687076 MD -687075 MD -687074 MD -687073 MD -687072 MD -687071 MD -687070 MD -687069 MS -668493 MS -668494 MS -668495 MS -668496 MS -668497