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 4144→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 4144 2 August 4144 3 August 4144 4 August 4144 5 August 4144 6 August 4144 7 August 4144 8 August 4144 9 August 4144 10 August 4144 11 August 4144 12 August 4144 13 August 4144 14 August 4144 15 August 4144 16 August 4144 17 August 4144 18 August 4144 19 August 4144 20 August 4144 21 August 4144 22 August 4144 23 August 4144 24 August 4144 25 August 4144 26 August 4144 27 August 4144 28 August 4144 29 August 4144 30 August 4144 31 August 4144 1 September 4144 10 Cetus 1347 11 Cetus 1347 12 Cetus 1347 13 Cetus 1347 14 Cetus 1347 15 Cetus 1347 16 Cetus 1347 17 Cetus 1347 18 Cetus 1347 19 Cetus 1347 20 Cetus 1347 21 Cetus 1347 22 Cetus 1347 23 Cetus 1347 24 Cetus 1347 25 Cetus 1347 26 Cetus 1347 27 Cetus 1347 28 Cetus 1347 1 Dorado 1347 2 Dorado 1347 3 Dorado 1347 4 Dorado 1347 5 Dorado 1347 6 Dorado 1347 7 Dorado 1347 8 Dorado 1347 9 Dorado 1347 10 Dorado 1347 11 Dorado 1347 12 Dorado 1347
MD 773870 MD 773871 MD 773872 MD 773873 MD 773874 MD 773875 MD 773876 MD 773877 MD 773878 MD 773879 MD 773880 MD 773881 MD 773882 MD 773883 MD 773884 MD 773885 MD 773886 MD 773887 MD 773888 MD 773889 MD 773890 MD 773891 MD 773892 MD 773893 MD 773894 MD 773895 MD 773896 MD 773897 MD 773898 MD 773899 MD 773900 MD 773901 MS 752963 MS 752964 MS 752965 MS 752966 MS 752967 MS 752968 MS 752969 MS 752970 MS 752971 MS 752972 MS 752973 MS 752974 MS 752975 MS 752976 MS 752977 MS 752978 MS 752979 MS 752980 MS 752981 MS 752982 MS 752983 MS 752984 MS 752985 MS 752986 MS 752987 MS 752988 MS 752989 MS 752990 MS 752991 MS 752992 MS 752993