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 0777→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
1 August 0777 2 August 0777 3 August 0777 4 August 0777 5 August 0777 6 August 0777 7 August 0777 8 August 0777 9 August 0777 10 August 0777 11 August 0777 12 August 0777 13 August 0777 14 August 0777 15 August 0777 16 August 0777 17 August 0777 18 August 0777 19 August 0777 20 August 0777 21 August 0777 22 August 0777 23 August 0777 24 August 0777 25 August 0777 26 August 0777 27 August 0777 28 August 0777 29 August 0777 30 August 0777 31 August 0777 1 September 777
MD -455902 MD -455901 MD -455900 MD -455899 MD -455898 MD -455897 MD -455896 MD -455895 MD -455894 MD -455893 MD -455892 MD -455891 MD -455890 MD -455889 MD -455888 MD -455887 MD -455886 MD -455885 MD -455884 MD -455883 MD -455882 MD -455881 MD -455880 MD -455879 MD -455878 MD -455877 MD -455876 MD -455875 MD -455874 MD -455873 MD -455872 MD -455871