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 0312→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 November 0312 2 November 0312 3 November 0312 4 November 0312 5 November 0312 6 November 0312 7 November 0312 8 November 0312 9 November 0312 10 November 0312 11 November 0312 12 November 0312 13 November 0312 14 November 0312 15 November 0312 16 November 0312 17 November 0312 18 November 0312 19 November 0312 20 November 0312 21 November 0312 22 November 0312 23 November 0312 24 November 0312 25 November 0312 26 November 0312 27 November 0312 28 November 0312 29 November 0312 30 November 0312 1 December 312
MD -625648 MD -625647 MD -625646 MD -625645 MD -625644 MD -625643 MD -625642 MD -625641 MD -625640 MD -625639 MD -625638 MD -625637 MD -625636 MD -625635 MD -625634 MD -625633 MD -625632 MD -625631 MD -625630 MD -625629 MD -625628 MD -625627 MD -625626 MD -625625 MD -625624 MD -625623 MD -625622 MD -625621 MD -625620 MD -625619 MD -625618