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 2820→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 2820 2 August 2820 3 August 2820 4 August 2820 5 August 2820 6 August 2820 7 August 2820 8 August 2820 9 August 2820 10 August 2820 11 August 2820 12 August 2820 13 August 2820 14 August 2820 15 August 2820 16 August 2820 17 August 2820 18 August 2820 19 August 2820 20 August 2820 21 August 2820 22 August 2820 23 August 2820 24 August 2820 25 August 2820 26 August 2820 27 August 2820 28 August 2820 29 August 2820 30 August 2820 31 August 2820 1 September 2820 19 Lynx 643 20 Lynx 643 21 Lynx 643 22 Lynx 643 23 Lynx 643 24 Lynx 643 25 Lynx 643 26 Lynx 643 27 Lynx 643 28 Lynx 643 1 Camelopardalis 643 2 Camelopardalis 643 3 Camelopardalis 643 4 Camelopardalis 643 5 Camelopardalis 643 6 Camelopardalis 643 7 Camelopardalis 643 8 Camelopardalis 643 9 Camelopardalis 643 10 Camelopardalis 643 11 Camelopardalis 643 12 Camelopardalis 643 13 Camelopardalis 643 14 Camelopardalis 643 15 Camelopardalis 643 16 Camelopardalis 643 17 Camelopardalis 643 18 Camelopardalis 643 19 Camelopardalis 643 20 Camelopardalis 643 21 Camelopardalis 643
MD 290289 MD 290290 MD 290291 MD 290292 MD 290293 MD 290294 MD 290295 MD 290296 MD 290297 MD 290298 MD 290299 MD 290300 MD 290301 MD 290302 MD 290303 MD 290304 MD 290305 MD 290306 MD 290307 MD 290308 MD 290309 MD 290310 MD 290311 MD 290312 MD 290313 MD 290314 MD 290315 MD 290316 MD 290317 MD 290318 MD 290319 MD 290320 MS 282452 MS 282453 MS 282454 MS 282455 MS 282456 MS 282457 MS 282458 MS 282459 MS 282460 MS 282461 MS 282462 MS 282463 MS 282464 MS 282465 MS 282466 MS 282467 MS 282468 MS 282469 MS 282470 MS 282471 MS 282472 MS 282473 MS 282474 MS 282475 MS 282476 MS 282477 MS 282478 MS 282479 MS 282480 MS 282481 MS 282482