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 1259→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 1259 2 August 1259 3 August 1259 4 August 1259 5 August 1259 6 August 1259 7 August 1259 8 August 1259 9 August 1259 10 August 1259 11 August 1259 12 August 1259 13 August 1259 14 August 1259 15 August 1259 16 August 1259 17 August 1259 18 August 1259 19 August 1259 20 August 1259 21 August 1259 22 August 1259 23 August 1259 24 August 1259 25 August 1259 26 August 1259 27 August 1259 28 August 1259 29 August 1259 30 August 1259 31 August 1259 1 September 1259
MD -279855 MD -279854 MD -279853 MD -279852 MD -279851 MD -279850 MD -279849 MD -279848 MD -279847 MD -279846 MD -279845 MD -279844 MD -279843 MD -279842 MD -279841 MD -279840 MD -279839 MD -279838 MD -279837 MD -279836 MD -279835 MD -279834 MD -279833 MD -279832 MD -279831 MD -279830 MD -279829 MD -279828 MD -279827 MD -279826 MD -279825 MD -279824