IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Sagittarius
The Archer
OriginAncient
AbbreviationSgr
GenitiveSagittarii
Pronunciation/ˌsædʒɪˈtɛəriəs/ genitive /-iaɪ/
SAJ-ih-TARE-ee-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarKaus Australis (ε Sagittarii)
Right Ascention 18h 24m Declination -34° 23'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.529h (31.7m)
The myth behind Sagittarius, “The Archer”, is uncertain. Hyginus, a Roman mythographer, states that the constellation represents Crotus, son of Pan. He invented archery and lived with the Muses on Mount Helicon. They asked Zeus to place Crotus in the sky where he demonstrates the art of archery.
www.underthesky.com
Sagittarius 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.
←November 0936→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 November 0936 2 November 0936 3 November 0936 4 November 0936 5 November 0936 6 November 0936 7 November 0936 8 November 0936 9 November 0936 10 November 0936 11 November 0936 12 November 0936 13 November 0936 14 November 0936 15 November 0936 16 November 0936 17 November 0936 18 November 0936 19 November 0936 20 November 0936 21 November 0936 22 November 0936 23 November 0936 24 November 0936 25 November 0936 26 November 0936 27 November 0936 28 November 0936 29 November 0936 30 November 0936 1 December 936
MD -397736 MD -397735 MD -397734 MD -397733 MD -397732 MD -397731 MD -397730 MD -397729 MD -397728 MD -397727 MD -397726 MD -397725 MD -397724 MD -397723 MD -397722 MD -397721 MD -397720 MD -397719 MD -397718 MD -397717 MD -397716 MD -397715 MD -397714 MD -397713 MD -397712 MD -397711 MD -397710 MD -397709 MD -397708 MD -397707 MD -397706