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 1024→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
1 August 1024 2 August 1024 3 August 1024 4 August 1024 5 August 1024 6 August 1024 7 August 1024 8 August 1024 9 August 1024 10 August 1024 11 August 1024 12 August 1024 13 August 1024 14 August 1024 15 August 1024 16 August 1024 17 August 1024 18 August 1024 19 August 1024 20 August 1024 21 August 1024 22 August 1024 23 August 1024 24 August 1024 25 August 1024 26 August 1024 27 August 1024 28 August 1024 29 August 1024 30 August 1024 31 August 1024 1 September 1024
MD -365687 MD -365686 MD -365685 MD -365684 MD -365683 MD -365682 MD -365681 MD -365680 MD -365679 MD -365678 MD -365677 MD -365676 MD -365675 MD -365674 MD -365673 MD -365672 MD -365671 MD -365670 MD -365669 MD -365668 MD -365667 MD -365666 MD -365665 MD -365664 MD -365663 MD -365662 MD -365661 MD -365660 MD -365659 MD -365658 MD -365657 MD -365656