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 4165→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 November 4165 2 November 4165 3 November 4165 4 November 4165 5 November 4165 6 November 4165 7 November 4165 8 November 4165 9 November 4165 10 November 4165 11 November 4165 12 November 4165 13 November 4165 14 November 4165 15 November 4165 16 November 4165 17 November 4165 18 November 4165 19 November 4165 20 November 4165 21 November 4165 22 November 4165 23 November 4165 24 November 4165 25 November 4165 26 November 4165 27 November 4165 28 November 4165 29 November 4165 30 November 4165 1 December 4165 13 Camelopardalis 1358 14 Camelopardalis 1358 15 Camelopardalis 1358 16 Camelopardalis 1358 17 Camelopardalis 1358 18 Camelopardalis 1358 19 Camelopardalis 1358 20 Camelopardalis 1358 21 Camelopardalis 1358 22 Camelopardalis 1358 23 Camelopardalis 1358 24 Camelopardalis 1358 25 Camelopardalis 1358 26 Camelopardalis 1358 27 Camelopardalis 1358 28 Camelopardalis 1358 1 Chamaeleon 1358 2 Chamaeleon 1358 3 Chamaeleon 1358 4 Chamaeleon 1358 5 Chamaeleon 1358 6 Chamaeleon 1358 7 Chamaeleon 1358 8 Chamaeleon 1358 9 Chamaeleon 1358 10 Chamaeleon 1358 11 Chamaeleon 1358 12 Chamaeleon 1358 13 Chamaeleon 1358 14 Chamaeleon 1358
MD 781632 MD 781633 MD 781634 MD 781635 MD 781636 MD 781637 MD 781638 MD 781639 MD 781640 MD 781641 MD 781642 MD 781643 MD 781644 MD 781645 MD 781646 MD 781647 MD 781648 MD 781649 MD 781650 MD 781651 MD 781652 MD 781653 MD 781654 MD 781655 MD 781656 MD 781657 MD 781658 MD 781659 MD 781660 MD 781661 MD 781662 MS 760516 MS 760517 MS 760518 MS 760519 MS 760520 MS 760521 MS 760522 MS 760523 MS 760524 MS 760525 MS 760526 MS 760527 MS 760528 MS 760529 MS 760530 MS 760531 MS 760532 MS 760533 MS 760534 MS 760535 MS 760536 MS 760537 MS 760538 MS 760539 MS 760540 MS 760541 MS 760542 MS 760543 MS 760544 MS 760545