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 0947→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 August 0947 2 August 0947 3 August 0947 4 August 0947 5 August 0947 6 August 0947 7 August 0947 8 August 0947 9 August 0947 10 August 0947 11 August 0947 12 August 0947 13 August 0947 14 August 0947 15 August 0947 16 August 0947 17 August 0947 18 August 0947 19 August 0947 20 August 0947 21 August 0947 22 August 0947 23 August 0947 24 August 0947 25 August 0947 26 August 0947 27 August 0947 28 August 0947 29 August 0947 30 August 0947 31 August 0947 1 September 947
MD -393811 MD -393810 MD -393809 MD -393808 MD -393807 MD -393806 MD -393805 MD -393804 MD -393803 MD -393802 MD -393801 MD -393800 MD -393799 MD -393798 MD -393797 MD -393796 MD -393795 MD -393794 MD -393793 MD -393792 MD -393791 MD -393790 MD -393789 MD -393788 MD -393787 MD -393786 MD -393785 MD -393784 MD -393783 MD -393782 MD -393781 MD -393780