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 0036→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0036 2 August 0036 3 August 0036 4 August 0036 5 August 0036 6 August 0036 7 August 0036 8 August 0036 9 August 0036 10 August 0036 11 August 0036 12 August 0036 13 August 0036 14 August 0036 15 August 0036 16 August 0036 17 August 0036 18 August 0036 19 August 0036 20 August 0036 21 August 0036 22 August 0036 23 August 0036 24 August 0036 25 August 0036 26 August 0036 27 August 0036 28 August 0036 29 August 0036 30 August 0036 31 August 0036 1 September 36
MD -726546 MD -726545 MD -726544 MD -726543 MD -726542 MD -726541 MD -726540 MD -726539 MD -726538 MD -726537 MD -726536 MD -726535 MD -726534 MD -726533 MD -726532 MD -726531 MD -726530 MD -726529 MD -726528 MD -726527 MD -726526 MD -726525 MD -726524 MD -726523 MD -726522 MD -726521 MD -726520 MD -726519 MD -726518 MD -726517 MD -726516 MD -726515