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 0606→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0606 2 August 0606 3 August 0606 4 August 0606 5 August 0606 6 August 0606 7 August 0606 8 August 0606 9 August 0606 10 August 0606 11 August 0606 12 August 0606 13 August 0606 14 August 0606 15 August 0606 16 August 0606 17 August 0606 18 August 0606 19 August 0606 20 August 0606 21 August 0606 22 August 0606 23 August 0606 24 August 0606 25 August 0606 26 August 0606 27 August 0606 28 August 0606 29 August 0606 30 August 0606 31 August 0606 1 September 606
MD -518359 MD -518358 MD -518357 MD -518356 MD -518355 MD -518354 MD -518353 MD -518352 MD -518351 MD -518350 MD -518349 MD -518348 MD -518347 MD -518346 MD -518345 MD -518344 MD -518343 MD -518342 MD -518341 MD -518340 MD -518339 MD -518338 MD -518337 MD -518336 MD -518335 MD -518334 MD -518333 MD -518332 MD -518331 MD -518330 MD -518329 MD -518328