Virgo Constellation: Stars, Myth, Information, History, Place
Latin for “painter,” Pictor was named by 17th-century French astronomer Lacaille. Sacred to numerous cultures and mythologies, Phoenix represents the firebird. Son of the sea god, Poseidon, Orion was the terrific Greek hunter. Octans represents the reflecting octant, a predecessor of the modern sextant for exploration and navigation. Named in the 1700s by French astronomer Lacaille, Norma represents the carpenter’s square, or level, generally made use of by carpenters on explorer vessels. In reality, he named it following the lynx because it’s incredibly faint and needs the eyesight of a lynx to see. Denebola exhibits variations in luminosity of .025...