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 1410→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 1410 2 August 1410 3 August 1410 4 August 1410 5 August 1410 6 August 1410 7 August 1410 8 August 1410 9 August 1410 10 August 1410 11 August 1410 12 August 1410 13 August 1410 14 August 1410 15 August 1410 16 August 1410 17 August 1410 18 August 1410 19 August 1410 20 August 1410 21 August 1410 22 August 1410 23 August 1410 24 August 1410 25 August 1410 26 August 1410 27 August 1410 28 August 1410 29 August 1410 30 August 1410 31 August 1410 1 September 1410
MD -224704 MD -224703 MD -224702 MD -224701 MD -224700 MD -224699 MD -224698 MD -224697 MD -224696 MD -224695 MD -224694 MD -224693 MD -224692 MD -224691 MD -224690 MD -224689 MD -224688 MD -224687 MD -224686 MD -224685 MD -224684 MD -224683 MD -224682 MD -224681 MD -224680 MD -224679 MD -224678 MD -224677 MD -224676 MD -224675 MD -224674 MD -224673