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 1591→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 August 1591 2 August 1591 3 August 1591 4 August 1591 5 August 1591 6 August 1591 7 August 1591 8 August 1591 9 August 1591 10 August 1591 11 August 1591 12 August 1591 13 August 1591 14 August 1591 15 August 1591 16 August 1591 17 August 1591 18 August 1591 19 August 1591 20 August 1591 21 August 1591 22 August 1591 23 August 1591 24 August 1591 25 August 1591 26 August 1591 27 August 1591 28 August 1591 29 August 1591 30 August 1591 31 August 1591 1 September 1591
MD -158595 MD -158594 MD -158593 MD -158592 MD -158591 MD -158590 MD -158589 MD -158588 MD -158587 MD -158586 MD -158585 MD -158584 MD -158583 MD -158582 MD -158581 MD -158580 MD -158579 MD -158578 MD -158577 MD -158576 MD -158575 MD -158574 MD -158573 MD -158572 MD -158571 MD -158570 MD -158569 MD -158568 MD -158567 MD -158566 MD -158565 MD -158564