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 1576→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
1 August 1576 2 August 1576 3 August 1576 4 August 1576 5 August 1576 6 August 1576 7 August 1576 8 August 1576 9 August 1576 10 August 1576 11 August 1576 12 August 1576 13 August 1576 14 August 1576 15 August 1576 16 August 1576 17 August 1576 18 August 1576 19 August 1576 20 August 1576 21 August 1576 22 August 1576 23 August 1576 24 August 1576 25 August 1576 26 August 1576 27 August 1576 28 August 1576 29 August 1576 30 August 1576 31 August 1576 1 September 1576
MD -164073 MD -164072 MD -164071 MD -164070 MD -164069 MD -164068 MD -164067 MD -164066 MD -164065 MD -164064 MD -164063 MD -164062 MD -164061 MD -164060 MD -164059 MD -164058 MD -164057 MD -164056 MD -164055 MD -164054 MD -164053 MD -164052 MD -164051 MD -164050 MD -164049 MD -164048 MD -164047 MD -164046 MD -164045 MD -164044 MD -164043 MD -164042