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 3292→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 3292 2 August 3292 3 August 3292 4 August 3292 5 August 3292 6 August 3292 7 August 3292 8 August 3292 9 August 3292 10 August 3292 11 August 3292 12 August 3292 13 August 3292 14 August 3292 15 August 3292 16 August 3292 17 August 3292 18 August 3292 19 August 3292 20 August 3292 21 August 3292 22 August 3292 23 August 3292 24 August 3292 25 August 3292 26 August 3292 27 August 3292 28 August 3292 29 August 3292 30 August 3292 31 August 3292 1 September 3292 21 Columba 894 22 Columba 894 23 Columba 894 24 Columba 894 25 Columba 894 26 Columba 894 27 Columba 894 28 Columba 894 1 Monoceros 894 2 Monoceros 894 3 Monoceros 894 4 Monoceros 894 5 Monoceros 894 6 Monoceros 894 7 Monoceros 894 8 Monoceros 894 9 Monoceros 894 10 Monoceros 894 11 Monoceros 894 12 Monoceros 894 13 Monoceros 894 14 Monoceros 894 15 Monoceros 894 16 Monoceros 894 17 Monoceros 894 18 Monoceros 894 19 Monoceros 894 20 Monoceros 894 21 Monoceros 894 22 Monoceros 894 23 Monoceros 894
MD 462684 MD 462685 MD 462686 MD 462687 MD 462688 MD 462689 MD 462690 MD 462691 MD 462692 MD 462693 MD 462694 MD 462695 MD 462696 MD 462697 MD 462698 MD 462699 MD 462700 MD 462701 MD 462702 MD 462703 MD 462704 MD 462705 MD 462706 MD 462707 MD 462708 MD 462709 MD 462710 MD 462711 MD 462712 MD 462713 MD 462714 MD 462715 MS 450188 MS 450189 MS 450190 MS 450191 MS 450192 MS 450193 MS 450194 MS 450195 MS 450196 MS 450197 MS 450198 MS 450199 MS 450200 MS 450201 MS 450202 MS 450203 MS 450204 MS 450205 MS 450206 MS 450207 MS 450208 MS 450209 MS 450210 MS 450211 MS 450212 MS 450213 MS 450214 MS 450215 MS 450216 MS 450217 MS 450218