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 0745→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 August 0745 2 August 0745 3 August 0745 4 August 0745 5 August 0745 6 August 0745 7 August 0745 8 August 0745 9 August 0745 10 August 0745 11 August 0745 12 August 0745 13 August 0745 14 August 0745 15 August 0745 16 August 0745 17 August 0745 18 August 0745 19 August 0745 20 August 0745 21 August 0745 22 August 0745 23 August 0745 24 August 0745 25 August 0745 26 August 0745 27 August 0745 28 August 0745 29 August 0745 30 August 0745 31 August 0745 1 September 745
MD -467590 MD -467589 MD -467588 MD -467587 MD -467586 MD -467585 MD -467584 MD -467583 MD -467582 MD -467581 MD -467580 MD -467579 MD -467578 MD -467577 MD -467576 MD -467575 MD -467574 MD -467573 MD -467572 MD -467571 MD -467570 MD -467569 MD -467568 MD -467567 MD -467566 MD -467565 MD -467564 MD -467563 MD -467562 MD -467561 MD -467560 MD -467559