40Sagittarius, The Archer
NAME: Sagittarius (SADJ-ih-TAIR-ee-us)
SEASON: Summer
CULMINATION: midnight, 5 July
ABBREVIATION: Sgr
GENITIVE: Sagittarii (SADJ-ih-TAIR-ee-ih)
NEIGHBORS: Aql, Cap, CrA, Mic, Oph, Sco, Sct, Ser, Tel
BINOCULAR OBJECTS: NGC 6494 (M 23), NGC 6514 (M 20), NGC 6523 (M 8), NGC 6520, NGC 6603 (M 24), NGC 6613 (M 18), NGC 6618 (M 17), NGC 6626 (M 28), IC 4725 (M 25), NGC 6637 (M 69), NGC 6656 (M 22), NGC 6681 (M 70), NGC 6716, NGC 6715 (M 54), NGC 6809 (M 55), NGC 6864 (M 75)
URBAN OBJECTS: NGC 6523 (M 8), NGC 6520, NGC 6618 (M 17), NGC 6656 (M 22), NGC 6818
Sagittarius is a large, prominent south-equatorial constellation that ranks 15th in size among the 88 constellations. Sagittarius covers 867 square degrees of the celestial ...
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