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.
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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.
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