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 2561→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 November 2561 2 November 2561 3 November 2561 4 November 2561 5 November 2561 6 November 2561 7 November 2561 8 November 2561 9 November 2561 10 November 2561 11 November 2561 12 November 2561 13 November 2561 14 November 2561 15 November 2561 16 November 2561 17 November 2561 18 November 2561 19 November 2561 20 November 2561 21 November 2561 22 November 2561 23 November 2561 24 November 2561 25 November 2561 26 November 2561 27 November 2561 28 November 2561 29 November 2561 30 November 2561 1 December 2561 27 Vulpecula 505 28 Vulpecula 505 1 Cygnus 505 2 Cygnus 505 3 Cygnus 505 4 Cygnus 505 5 Cygnus 505 6 Cygnus 505 7 Cygnus 505 8 Cygnus 505 9 Cygnus 505 10 Cygnus 505 11 Cygnus 505 12 Cygnus 505 13 Cygnus 505 14 Cygnus 505 15 Cygnus 505 16 Cygnus 505 17 Cygnus 505 18 Cygnus 505 19 Cygnus 505 20 Cygnus 505 21 Cygnus 505 22 Cygnus 505 23 Cygnus 505 24 Cygnus 505 25 Cygnus 505 26 Cygnus 505 27 Cygnus 505 28 Cygnus 505
MD 195783 MD 195784 MD 195785 MD 195786 MD 195787 MD 195788 MD 195789 MD 195790 MD 195791 MD 195792 MD 195793 MD 195794 MD 195795 MD 195796 MD 195797 MD 195798 MD 195799 MD 195800 MD 195801 MD 195802 MD 195803 MD 195804 MD 195805 MD 195806 MD 195807 MD 195808 MD 195809 MD 195810 MD 195811 MD 195812 MD 195813 MS 190500 MS 190501 MS 190502 MS 190503 MS 190504 MS 190505 MS 190506 MS 190507 MS 190508 MS 190509 MS 190510 MS 190511 MS 190512 MS 190513 MS 190514 MS 190515 MS 190516 MS 190517 MS 190518 MS 190519 MS 190520 MS 190521 MS 190522 MS 190523 MS 190524 MS 190525 MS 190526 MS 190527 MS 190528 MS 190529