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The constellation as a whole is often depicted as having the rough appearance of a stick-figure archer drawing its bow, with the fainter stars providing the outline of the horse's body. Sagittarius famously points its arrow at the heart of Scorpius, represented by the reddish star Antares, as the two
The Omega Nebula is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius.It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is by some of the richest starfields of the Milky Way, figuring in the northern two-thirds of Sagittarius.
Gamma 2 Sagittarii (γ 2 Sagittarii, abbreviated Gamma 2 Sgr, γ 2 Sgr), formally named Alnasl / æ l ˈ n æ z əl /, [7] is a 3rd-magnitude star in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The location of this star is in the handle of the Bow of Sagittarius the Centaur.
Lambda Sagittarii (Latinized from λ Sagittarii), formally named Kaus Borealis / ˈ k ɔː s b ɒ r i ˈ æ l ɪ s /, [7] [8] is a star in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. The star marks the top of the Archer's bow.
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail. The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion ...
Omega Sagittarii, which is Latinized from ω Sagittarii, is a binary star system in the constellation of Sagittarius, [9] near the eastern constellation border with Capricornus. It is formally named Terebellum / t ɛr ɪ ˈ b ɛ l əm /. [10] [11] This system has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual ...
Mu Sagittarii (μ Sagittarii, abbreviated Mu Sgr, μ Sgr) is a multiple star system in the constellation of Sagittarius. The brightest component, a blue supergiant designated Mu Sagittarii Aa, is formally named Polis / ˈ p ɒ l ɪ s /. [15] The system is 5,000 light-years from the Sun and is part of the Sgr OB1 stellar association.
Epsilon Sagittarii (Latinised from ε Sagittarii, abbreviated Epsilon Sgr, ε Sgr), formally named Kaus Australis / ˈ k ɔː s ɔː ˈ s t r eɪ l ɪ s /, [8] [9] is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnitude of +1.85 [2] makes it the brightest object in Sagittarius.