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 0560→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0560 2 August 0560 3 August 0560 4 August 0560 5 August 0560 6 August 0560 7 August 0560 8 August 0560 9 August 0560 10 August 0560 11 August 0560 12 August 0560 13 August 0560 14 August 0560 15 August 0560 16 August 0560 17 August 0560 18 August 0560 19 August 0560 20 August 0560 21 August 0560 22 August 0560 23 August 0560 24 August 0560 25 August 0560 26 August 0560 27 August 0560 28 August 0560 29 August 0560 30 August 0560 31 August 0560 1 September 560
MD -535159 MD -535158 MD -535157 MD -535156 MD -535155 MD -535154 MD -535153 MD -535152 MD -535151 MD -535150 MD -535149 MD -535148 MD -535147 MD -535146 MD -535145 MD -535144 MD -535143 MD -535142 MD -535141 MD -535140 MD -535139 MD -535138 MD -535137 MD -535136 MD -535135 MD -535134 MD -535133 MD -535132 MD -535131 MD -535130 MD -535129 MD -535128