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 0238→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 0238 2 August 0238 3 August 0238 4 August 0238 5 August 0238 6 August 0238 7 August 0238 8 August 0238 9 August 0238 10 August 0238 11 August 0238 12 August 0238 13 August 0238 14 August 0238 15 August 0238 16 August 0238 17 August 0238 18 August 0238 19 August 0238 20 August 0238 21 August 0238 22 August 0238 23 August 0238 24 August 0238 25 August 0238 26 August 0238 27 August 0238 28 August 0238 29 August 0238 30 August 0238 31 August 0238 1 September 238
MD -652768 MD -652767 MD -652766 MD -652765 MD -652764 MD -652763 MD -652762 MD -652761 MD -652760 MD -652759 MD -652758 MD -652757 MD -652756 MD -652755 MD -652754 MD -652753 MD -652752 MD -652751 MD -652750 MD -652749 MD -652748 MD -652747 MD -652746 MD -652745 MD -652744 MD -652743 MD -652742 MD -652741 MD -652740 MD -652739 MD -652738 MD -652737