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 0578→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 0578 2 August 0578 3 August 0578 4 August 0578 5 August 0578 6 August 0578 7 August 0578 8 August 0578 9 August 0578 10 August 0578 11 August 0578 12 August 0578 13 August 0578 14 August 0578 15 August 0578 16 August 0578 17 August 0578 18 August 0578 19 August 0578 20 August 0578 21 August 0578 22 August 0578 23 August 0578 24 August 0578 25 August 0578 26 August 0578 27 August 0578 28 August 0578 29 August 0578 30 August 0578 31 August 0578 1 September 578
MD -528585 MD -528584 MD -528583 MD -528582 MD -528581 MD -528580 MD -528579 MD -528578 MD -528577 MD -528576 MD -528575 MD -528574 MD -528573 MD -528572 MD -528571 MD -528570 MD -528569 MD -528568 MD -528567 MD -528566 MD -528565 MD -528564 MD -528563 MD -528562 MD -528561 MD -528560 MD -528559 MD -528558 MD -528557 MD -528556 MD -528555 MD -528554