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 1984→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 1984 2 August 1984 3 August 1984 4 August 1984 5 August 1984 6 August 1984 7 August 1984 8 August 1984 9 August 1984 10 August 1984 11 August 1984 12 August 1984 13 August 1984 14 August 1984 15 August 1984 16 August 1984 17 August 1984 18 August 1984 19 August 1984 20 August 1984 21 August 1984 22 August 1984 23 August 1984 24 August 1984 25 August 1984 26 August 1984 27 August 1984 28 August 1984 29 August 1984 30 August 1984 31 August 1984 1 September 1984 5 Tucana 198 6 Tucana 198 7 Tucana 198 8 Tucana 198 9 Tucana 198 10 Tucana 198 11 Tucana 198 12 Tucana 198 13 Tucana 198 14 Tucana 198 15 Tucana 198 16 Tucana 198 17 Tucana 198 18 Tucana 198 19 Tucana 198 20 Tucana 198 21 Tucana 198 22 Tucana 198 23 Tucana 198 24 Tucana 198 25 Tucana 198 26 Tucana 198 27 Tucana 198 1 Phoenix 199 2 Phoenix 199 3 Phoenix 199 4 Phoenix 199 5 Phoenix 199 6 Phoenix 199 7 Phoenix 199 8 Phoenix 199
MD -15054 MD -15053 MD -15052 MD -15051 MD -15050 MD -15049 MD -15048 MD -15047 MD -15046 MD -15045 MD -15044 MD -15043 MD -15042 MD -15041 MD -15040 MD -15039 MD -15038 MD -15037 MD -15036 MD -15035 MD -15034 MD -15033 MD -15032 MD -15031 MD -15030 MD -15029 MD -15028 MD -15027 MD -15026 MD -15025 MD -15024 MD -15023 MS -14638 MS -14637 MS -14636 MS -14635 MS -14634 MS -14633 MS -14632 MS -14631 MS -14630 MS -14629 MS -14628 MS -14627 MS -14626 MS -14625 MS -14624 MS -14623 MS -14622 MS -14621 MS -14620 MS -14619 MS -14618 MS -14617 MS -14616 MS -14615 MS -14614 MS -14613 MS -14612 MS -14611 MS -14610 MS -14609 MS -14608