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 4216→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 November 4216 2 November 4216 3 November 4216 4 November 4216 5 November 4216 6 November 4216 7 November 4216 8 November 4216 9 November 4216 10 November 4216 11 November 4216 12 November 4216 13 November 4216 14 November 4216 15 November 4216 16 November 4216 17 November 4216 18 November 4216 19 November 4216 20 November 4216 21 November 4216 22 November 4216 23 November 4216 24 November 4216 25 November 4216 26 November 4216 27 November 4216 28 November 4216 29 November 4216 30 November 4216 1 December 4216 28 Hydra 1385 1 Corvus 1385 2 Corvus 1385 3 Corvus 1385 4 Corvus 1385 5 Corvus 1385 6 Corvus 1385 7 Corvus 1385 8 Corvus 1385 9 Corvus 1385 10 Corvus 1385 11 Corvus 1385 12 Corvus 1385 13 Corvus 1385 14 Corvus 1385 15 Corvus 1385 16 Corvus 1385 17 Corvus 1385 18 Corvus 1385 19 Corvus 1385 20 Corvus 1385 21 Corvus 1385 22 Corvus 1385 23 Corvus 1385 24 Corvus 1385 25 Corvus 1385 26 Corvus 1385 27 Corvus 1385 1 Centaurus 1385 2 Centaurus 1385
MD 800259 MD 800260 MD 800261 MD 800262 MD 800263 MD 800264 MD 800265 MD 800266 MD 800267 MD 800268 MD 800269 MD 800270 MD 800271 MD 800272 MD 800273 MD 800274 MD 800275 MD 800276 MD 800277 MD 800278 MD 800279 MD 800280 MD 800281 MD 800282 MD 800283 MD 800284 MD 800285 MD 800286 MD 800287 MD 800288 MD 800289 MS 778639 MS 778640 MS 778641 MS 778642 MS 778643 MS 778644 MS 778645 MS 778646 MS 778647 MS 778648 MS 778649 MS 778650 MS 778651 MS 778652 MS 778653 MS 778654 MS 778655 MS 778656 MS 778657 MS 778658 MS 778659 MS 778660 MS 778661 MS 778662 MS 778663 MS 778664 MS 778665 MS 778666 MS 778667 MS 778668