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 0431→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0431 2 August 0431 3 August 0431 4 August 0431 5 August 0431 6 August 0431 7 August 0431 8 August 0431 9 August 0431 10 August 0431 11 August 0431 12 August 0431 13 August 0431 14 August 0431 15 August 0431 16 August 0431 17 August 0431 18 August 0431 19 August 0431 20 August 0431 21 August 0431 22 August 0431 23 August 0431 24 August 0431 25 August 0431 26 August 0431 27 August 0431 28 August 0431 29 August 0431 30 August 0431 31 August 0431 1 September 431
MD -582276 MD -582275 MD -582274 MD -582273 MD -582272 MD -582271 MD -582270 MD -582269 MD -582268 MD -582267 MD -582266 MD -582265 MD -582264 MD -582263 MD -582262 MD -582261 MD -582260 MD -582259 MD -582258 MD -582257 MD -582256 MD -582255 MD -582254 MD -582253 MD -582252 MD -582251 MD -582250 MD -582249 MD -582248 MD -582247 MD -582246 MD -582245