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 0166→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0166 2 August 0166 3 August 0166 4 August 0166 5 August 0166 6 August 0166 7 August 0166 8 August 0166 9 August 0166 10 August 0166 11 August 0166 12 August 0166 13 August 0166 14 August 0166 15 August 0166 16 August 0166 17 August 0166 18 August 0166 19 August 0166 20 August 0166 21 August 0166 22 August 0166 23 August 0166 24 August 0166 25 August 0166 26 August 0166 27 August 0166 28 August 0166 29 August 0166 30 August 0166 31 August 0166 1 September 166
MD -679065 MD -679064 MD -679063 MD -679062 MD -679061 MD -679060 MD -679059 MD -679058 MD -679057 MD -679056 MD -679055 MD -679054 MD -679053 MD -679052 MD -679051 MD -679050 MD -679049 MD -679048 MD -679047 MD -679046 MD -679045 MD -679044 MD -679043 MD -679042 MD -679041 MD -679040 MD -679039 MD -679038 MD -679037 MD -679036 MD -679035 MD -679034