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 1893→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 August 1893 2 August 1893 3 August 1893 4 August 1893 5 August 1893 6 August 1893 7 August 1893 8 August 1893 9 August 1893 10 August 1893 11 August 1893 12 August 1893 13 August 1893 14 August 1893 15 August 1893 16 August 1893 17 August 1893 18 August 1893 19 August 1893 20 August 1893 21 August 1893 22 August 1893 23 August 1893 24 August 1893 25 August 1893 26 August 1893 27 August 1893 28 August 1893 29 August 1893 30 August 1893 31 August 1893 1 September 1893 10 Lupus 150 11 Lupus 150 12 Lupus 150 13 Lupus 150 14 Lupus 150 15 Lupus 150 16 Lupus 150 17 Lupus 150 18 Lupus 150 19 Lupus 150 20 Lupus 150 21 Lupus 150 22 Lupus 150 23 Lupus 150 24 Lupus 150 25 Lupus 150 26 Lupus 150 27 Lupus 150 28 Lupus 150 1 Apus 150 2 Apus 150 3 Apus 150 4 Apus 150 5 Apus 150 6 Apus 150 7 Apus 150 8 Apus 150 9 Apus 150 10 Apus 150 11 Apus 150 12 Apus 150
MD -48291 MD -48290 MD -48289 MD -48288 MD -48287 MD -48286 MD -48285 MD -48284 MD -48283 MD -48282 MD -48281 MD -48280 MD -48279 MD -48278 MD -48277 MD -48276 MD -48275 MD -48274 MD -48273 MD -48272 MD -48271 MD -48270 MD -48269 MD -48268 MD -48267 MD -48266 MD -48265 MD -48264 MD -48263 MD -48262 MD -48261 MD -48260 MS -46977 MS -46976 MS -46975 MS -46974 MS -46973 MS -46972 MS -46971 MS -46970 MS -46969 MS -46968 MS -46967 MS -46966 MS -46965 MS -46964 MS -46963 MS -46962 MS -46961 MS -46960 MS -46959 MS -46958 MS -46957 MS -46956 MS -46955 MS -46954 MS -46953 MS -46952 MS -46951 MS -46950 MS -46949 MS -46948 MS -46947