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 4180→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
1 November 4180 2 November 4180 3 November 4180 4 November 4180 5 November 4180 6 November 4180 7 November 4180 8 November 4180 9 November 4180 10 November 4180 11 November 4180 12 November 4180 13 November 4180 14 November 4180 15 November 4180 16 November 4180 17 November 4180 18 November 4180 19 November 4180 20 November 4180 21 November 4180 22 November 4180 23 November 4180 24 November 4180 25 November 4180 26 November 4180 27 November 4180 28 November 4180 29 November 4180 30 November 4180 1 December 4180 22 Lynx 1366 23 Lynx 1366 24 Lynx 1366 25 Lynx 1366 26 Lynx 1366 27 Lynx 1366 28 Lynx 1366 1 Camelopardalis 1366 2 Camelopardalis 1366 3 Camelopardalis 1366 4 Camelopardalis 1366 5 Camelopardalis 1366 6 Camelopardalis 1366 7 Camelopardalis 1366 8 Camelopardalis 1366 9 Camelopardalis 1366 10 Camelopardalis 1366 11 Camelopardalis 1366 12 Camelopardalis 1366 13 Camelopardalis 1366 14 Camelopardalis 1366 15 Camelopardalis 1366 16 Camelopardalis 1366 17 Camelopardalis 1366 18 Camelopardalis 1366 19 Camelopardalis 1366 20 Camelopardalis 1366 21 Camelopardalis 1366 22 Camelopardalis 1366 23 Camelopardalis 1366 24 Camelopardalis 1366
MD 787111 MD 787112 MD 787113 MD 787114 MD 787115 MD 787116 MD 787117 MD 787118 MD 787119 MD 787120 MD 787121 MD 787122 MD 787123 MD 787124 MD 787125 MD 787126 MD 787127 MD 787128 MD 787129 MD 787130 MD 787131 MD 787132 MD 787133 MD 787134 MD 787135 MD 787136 MD 787137 MD 787138 MD 787139 MD 787140 MD 787141 MS 765846 MS 765847 MS 765848 MS 765849 MS 765850 MS 765851 MS 765852 MS 765853 MS 765854 MS 765855 MS 765856 MS 765857 MS 765858 MS 765859 MS 765860 MS 765861 MS 765862 MS 765863 MS 765864 MS 765865 MS 765866 MS 765867 MS 765868 MS 765869 MS 765870 MS 765871 MS 765872 MS 765873 MS 765874 MS 765875 MS 765876