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 0948→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 August 0948 2 August 0948 3 August 0948 4 August 0948 5 August 0948 6 August 0948 7 August 0948 8 August 0948 9 August 0948 10 August 0948 11 August 0948 12 August 0948 13 August 0948 14 August 0948 15 August 0948 16 August 0948 17 August 0948 18 August 0948 19 August 0948 20 August 0948 21 August 0948 22 August 0948 23 August 0948 24 August 0948 25 August 0948 26 August 0948 27 August 0948 28 August 0948 29 August 0948 30 August 0948 31 August 0948 1 September 948
MD -393445 MD -393444 MD -393443 MD -393442 MD -393441 MD -393440 MD -393439 MD -393438 MD -393437 MD -393436 MD -393435 MD -393434 MD -393433 MD -393432 MD -393431 MD -393430 MD -393429 MD -393428 MD -393427 MD -393426 MD -393425 MD -393424 MD -393423 MD -393422 MD -393421 MD -393420 MD -393419 MD -393418 MD -393417 MD -393416 MD -393415 MD -393414