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 3758→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 August 3758 2 August 3758 3 August 3758 4 August 3758 5 August 3758 6 August 3758 7 August 3758 8 August 3758 9 August 3758 10 August 3758 11 August 3758 12 August 3758 13 August 3758 14 August 3758 15 August 3758 16 August 3758 17 August 3758 18 August 3758 19 August 3758 20 August 3758 21 August 3758 22 August 3758 23 August 3758 24 August 3758 25 August 3758 26 August 3758 27 August 3758 28 August 3758 29 August 3758 30 August 3758 31 August 3758 1 September 3758 9 Grus 1141 10 Grus 1141 11 Grus 1141 12 Grus 1141 13 Grus 1141 14 Grus 1141 15 Grus 1141 16 Grus 1141 17 Grus 1141 18 Grus 1141 19 Grus 1141 20 Grus 1141 21 Grus 1141 22 Grus 1141 23 Grus 1141 24 Grus 1141 25 Grus 1141 26 Grus 1141 27 Grus 1141 28 Grus 1141 1 Pegasus 1141 2 Pegasus 1141 3 Pegasus 1141 4 Pegasus 1141 5 Pegasus 1141 6 Pegasus 1141 7 Pegasus 1141 8 Pegasus 1141 9 Pegasus 1141 10 Pegasus 1141 11 Pegasus 1141
MD 632886 MD 632887 MD 632888 MD 632889 MD 632890 MD 632891 MD 632892 MD 632893 MD 632894 MD 632895 MD 632896 MD 632897 MD 632898 MD 632899 MD 632900 MD 632901 MD 632902 MD 632903 MD 632904 MD 632905 MD 632906 MD 632907 MD 632908 MD 632909 MD 632910 MD 632911 MD 632912 MD 632913 MD 632914 MD 632915 MD 632916 MD 632917 MS 615790 MS 615791 MS 615792 MS 615793 MS 615794 MS 615795 MS 615796 MS 615797 MS 615798 MS 615799 MS 615800 MS 615801 MS 615802 MS 615803 MS 615804 MS 615805 MS 615806 MS 615807 MS 615808 MS 615809 MS 615810 MS 615811 MS 615812 MS 615813 MS 615814 MS 615815 MS 615816 MS 615817 MS 615818 MS 615819 MS 615820