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 0555→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 August 0555 2 August 0555 3 August 0555 4 August 0555 5 August 0555 6 August 0555 7 August 0555 8 August 0555 9 August 0555 10 August 0555 11 August 0555 12 August 0555 13 August 0555 14 August 0555 15 August 0555 16 August 0555 17 August 0555 18 August 0555 19 August 0555 20 August 0555 21 August 0555 22 August 0555 23 August 0555 24 August 0555 25 August 0555 26 August 0555 27 August 0555 28 August 0555 29 August 0555 30 August 0555 31 August 0555 1 September 555
MD -536986 MD -536985 MD -536984 MD -536983 MD -536982 MD -536981 MD -536980 MD -536979 MD -536978 MD -536977 MD -536976 MD -536975 MD -536974 MD -536973 MD -536972 MD -536971 MD -536970 MD -536969 MD -536968 MD -536967 MD -536966 MD -536965 MD -536964 MD -536963 MD -536962 MD -536961 MD -536960 MD -536959 MD -536958 MD -536957 MD -536956 MD -536955