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 1409→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
1 November 1409 2 November 1409 3 November 1409 4 November 1409 5 November 1409 6 November 1409 7 November 1409 8 November 1409 9 November 1409 10 November 1409 11 November 1409 12 November 1409 13 November 1409 14 November 1409 15 November 1409 16 November 1409 17 November 1409 18 November 1409 19 November 1409 20 November 1409 21 November 1409 22 November 1409 23 November 1409 24 November 1409 25 November 1409 26 November 1409 27 November 1409 28 November 1409 29 November 1409 30 November 1409 1 December 1409
MD -224977 MD -224976 MD -224975 MD -224974 MD -224973 MD -224972 MD -224971 MD -224970 MD -224969 MD -224968 MD -224967 MD -224966 MD -224965 MD -224964 MD -224963 MD -224962 MD -224961 MD -224960 MD -224959 MD -224958 MD -224957 MD -224956 MD -224955 MD -224954 MD -224953 MD -224952 MD -224951 MD -224950 MD -224949 MD -224948 MD -224947