February 8 constellation

What is the constellation on February 8?

Gregorian calendar February 08 constellation: Aquarius (date of birth 65438+1October 20-February 18).

Aquarius (Latin name Aquarius, astronomical symbol? , called Aquarius in Japan, is one of the zodiac 12 constellations, with an area of 979.85 square degrees, accounting for 2.375% of the whole day, ranking tenth among the 88 constellations in the whole day.

There are 56 stars in Aquarius with brightness greater than 5.5, the brightest star is Xu Suyi (Aquarius β), and the apparent magnitude is 2.90. On August 25th every year, the Aquarius Center falls from the sky. Latitude variation is located at+65 and? You can see it between -90.

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In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus, the king of the gods, loved neither Hera, the queen of heaven, nor Princess Europa, who was lured into a bull by him. He loved Ganymede, a boy from Crete. He turned into an eagle and took the beautiful boy away, and publicly showed his love to him on Olympus, causing Hera's jealousy, and designed to kill the beautiful boy and turn it into a water bottle. Zeus was heartbroken and sealed Ganymede's soul in the sky. This is the origin of Aquarius.

Ganymedes is Zeus' only male lover, but he is also unique. Zeus loves Ganymede very much. In order to please Ganymede, he personally planted golden vines for beautiful teenagers. Zeus never brought any women to Mount Olympus, nor did he endow them with immortal divinity. He only brought Gé niemedes to Mount Olympus.

Zeus' love for Gnomedes caused the jealousy of Hera. Hera turned Ganymede into a transparent water bottle and asked him to pour water for Zeus forever, but tears poured out of the water bottle and touched all the gods, so Zeus sealed Ganymede's soul in the sky and made him a star in the night sky. This is the origin of Aquarius.