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 0331→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 November 0331 2 November 0331 3 November 0331 4 November 0331 5 November 0331 6 November 0331 7 November 0331 8 November 0331 9 November 0331 10 November 0331 11 November 0331 12 November 0331 13 November 0331 14 November 0331 15 November 0331 16 November 0331 17 November 0331 18 November 0331 19 November 0331 20 November 0331 21 November 0331 22 November 0331 23 November 0331 24 November 0331 25 November 0331 26 November 0331 27 November 0331 28 November 0331 29 November 0331 30 November 0331 1 December 331
MD -618709 MD -618708 MD -618707 MD -618706 MD -618705 MD -618704 MD -618703 MD -618702 MD -618701 MD -618700 MD -618699 MD -618698 MD -618697 MD -618696 MD -618695 MD -618694 MD -618693 MD -618692 MD -618691 MD -618690 MD -618689 MD -618688 MD -618687 MD -618686 MD -618685 MD -618684 MD -618683 MD -618682 MD -618681 MD -618680 MD -618679