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 1708→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 1708 2 August 1708 3 August 1708 4 August 1708 5 August 1708 6 August 1708 7 August 1708 8 August 1708 9 August 1708 10 August 1708 11 August 1708 12 August 1708 13 August 1708 14 August 1708 15 August 1708 16 August 1708 17 August 1708 18 August 1708 19 August 1708 20 August 1708 21 August 1708 22 August 1708 23 August 1708 24 August 1708 25 August 1708 26 August 1708 27 August 1708 28 August 1708 29 August 1708 30 August 1708 31 August 1708 1 September 1708 10 Volans 52 11 Volans 52 12 Volans 52 13 Volans 52 14 Volans 52 15 Volans 52 16 Volans 52 17 Volans 52 18 Volans 52 19 Volans 52 20 Volans 52 21 Volans 52 22 Volans 52 23 Volans 52 24 Volans 52 25 Volans 52 26 Volans 52 27 Volans 52 28 Volans 52 1 Lynx 52 2 Lynx 52 3 Lynx 52 4 Lynx 52 5 Lynx 52 6 Lynx 52 7 Lynx 52 8 Lynx 52 9 Lynx 52 10 Lynx 52 11 Lynx 52 12 Lynx 52
MD -115861 MD -115860 MD -115859 MD -115858 MD -115857 MD -115856 MD -115855 MD -115854 MD -115853 MD -115852 MD -115851 MD -115850 MD -115849 MD -115848 MD -115847 MD -115846 MD -115845 MD -115844 MD -115843 MD -115842 MD -115841 MD -115840 MD -115839 MD -115838 MD -115837 MD -115836 MD -115835 MD -115834 MD -115833 MD -115832 MD -115831 MD -115830 MS -112721 MS -112720 MS -112719 MS -112718 MS -112717 MS -112716 MS -112715 MS -112714 MS -112713 MS -112712 MS -112711 MS -112710 MS -112709 MS -112708 MS -112707 MS -112706 MS -112705 MS -112704 MS -112703 MS -112702 MS -112701 MS -112700 MS -112699 MS -112698 MS -112697 MS -112696 MS -112695 MS -112694 MS -112693 MS -112692 MS -112691