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 0365→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
1 August 0365 2 August 0365 3 August 0365 4 August 0365 5 August 0365 6 August 0365 7 August 0365 8 August 0365 9 August 0365 10 August 0365 11 August 0365 12 August 0365 13 August 0365 14 August 0365 15 August 0365 16 August 0365 17 August 0365 18 August 0365 19 August 0365 20 August 0365 21 August 0365 22 August 0365 23 August 0365 24 August 0365 25 August 0365 26 August 0365 27 August 0365 28 August 0365 29 August 0365 30 August 0365 31 August 0365 1 September 365
MD -606382 MD -606381 MD -606380 MD -606379 MD -606378 MD -606377 MD -606376 MD -606375 MD -606374 MD -606373 MD -606372 MD -606371 MD -606370 MD -606369 MD -606368 MD -606367 MD -606366 MD -606365 MD -606364 MD -606363 MD -606362 MD -606361 MD -606360 MD -606359 MD -606358 MD -606357 MD -606356 MD -606355 MD -606354 MD -606353 MD -606352 MD -606351