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 1370→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 1370 2 August 1370 3 August 1370 4 August 1370 5 August 1370 6 August 1370 7 August 1370 8 August 1370 9 August 1370 10 August 1370 11 August 1370 12 August 1370 13 August 1370 14 August 1370 15 August 1370 16 August 1370 17 August 1370 18 August 1370 19 August 1370 20 August 1370 21 August 1370 22 August 1370 23 August 1370 24 August 1370 25 August 1370 26 August 1370 27 August 1370 28 August 1370 29 August 1370 30 August 1370 31 August 1370 1 September 1370
MD -239313 MD -239312 MD -239311 MD -239310 MD -239309 MD -239308 MD -239307 MD -239306 MD -239305 MD -239304 MD -239303 MD -239302 MD -239301 MD -239300 MD -239299 MD -239298 MD -239297 MD -239296 MD -239295 MD -239294 MD -239293 MD -239292 MD -239291 MD -239290 MD -239289 MD -239288 MD -239287 MD -239286 MD -239285 MD -239284 MD -239283 MD -239282