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 1652→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 August 1652 2 August 1652 3 August 1652 4 August 1652 5 August 1652 6 August 1652 7 August 1652 8 August 1652 9 August 1652 10 August 1652 11 August 1652 12 August 1652 13 August 1652 14 August 1652 15 August 1652 16 August 1652 17 August 1652 18 August 1652 19 August 1652 20 August 1652 21 August 1652 22 August 1652 23 August 1652 24 August 1652 25 August 1652 26 August 1652 27 August 1652 28 August 1652 29 August 1652 30 August 1652 31 August 1652 1 September 1652 1 Centaurus 22 2 Centaurus 22 3 Centaurus 22 4 Centaurus 22 5 Centaurus 22 6 Centaurus 22 7 Centaurus 22 8 Centaurus 22 9 Centaurus 22 10 Centaurus 22 11 Centaurus 22 12 Centaurus 22 13 Centaurus 22 14 Centaurus 22 15 Centaurus 22 16 Centaurus 22 17 Centaurus 22 18 Centaurus 22 19 Centaurus 22 20 Centaurus 22 21 Centaurus 22 22 Centaurus 22 23 Centaurus 22 24 Centaurus 22 25 Centaurus 22 26 Centaurus 22 27 Centaurus 22 28 Centaurus 22 1 Draco 22 2 Draco 22 3 Draco 22
MD -136314 MD -136313 MD -136312 MD -136311 MD -136310 MD -136309 MD -136308 MD -136307 MD -136306 MD -136305 MD -136304 MD -136303 MD -136302 MD -136301 MD -136300 MD -136299 MD -136298 MD -136297 MD -136296 MD -136295 MD -136294 MD -136293 MD -136292 MD -136291 MD -136290 MD -136289 MD -136288 MD -136287 MD -136286 MD -136285 MD -136284 MD -136283 MS -132621 MS -132620 MS -132619 MS -132618 MS -132617 MS -132616 MS -132615 MS -132614 MS -132613 MS -132612 MS -132611 MS -132610 MS -132609 MS -132608 MS -132607 MS -132606 MS -132605 MS -132604 MS -132603 MS -132602 MS -132601 MS -132600 MS -132599 MS -132598 MS -132597 MS -132596 MS -132595 MS -132594 MS -132593 MS -132592 MS -132591