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 3454→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
1 November 3454 2 November 3454 3 November 3454 4 November 3454 5 November 3454 6 November 3454 7 November 3454 8 November 3454 9 November 3454 10 November 3454 11 November 3454 12 November 3454 13 November 3454 14 November 3454 15 November 3454 16 November 3454 17 November 3454 18 November 3454 19 November 3454 20 November 3454 21 November 3454 22 November 3454 23 November 3454 24 November 3454 25 November 3454 26 November 3454 27 November 3454 28 November 3454 29 November 3454 30 November 3454 1 December 3454 14 Hydra 980 15 Hydra 980 16 Hydra 980 17 Hydra 980 18 Hydra 980 19 Hydra 980 20 Hydra 980 21 Hydra 980 22 Hydra 980 23 Hydra 980 24 Hydra 980 25 Hydra 980 26 Hydra 980 27 Hydra 980 28 Hydra 980 1 Corvus 980 2 Corvus 980 3 Corvus 980 4 Corvus 980 5 Corvus 980 6 Corvus 980 7 Corvus 980 8 Corvus 980 9 Corvus 980 10 Corvus 980 11 Corvus 980 12 Corvus 980 13 Corvus 980 14 Corvus 980 15 Corvus 980
MD 521944 MD 521945 MD 521946 MD 521947 MD 521948 MD 521949 MD 521950 MD 521951 MD 521952 MD 521953 MD 521954 MD 521955 MD 521956 MD 521957 MD 521958 MD 521959 MD 521960 MD 521961 MD 521962 MD 521963 MD 521964 MD 521965 MD 521966 MD 521967 MD 521968 MD 521969 MD 521970 MD 521971 MD 521972 MD 521973 MD 521974 MS 507846 MS 507847 MS 507848 MS 507849 MS 507850 MS 507851 MS 507852 MS 507853 MS 507854 MS 507855 MS 507856 MS 507857 MS 507858 MS 507859 MS 507860 MS 507861 MS 507862 MS 507863 MS 507864 MS 507865 MS 507866 MS 507867 MS 507868 MS 507869 MS 507870 MS 507871 MS 507872 MS 507873 MS 507874 MS 507875