Constellations
Sagitta (Sge)
The Arrow
Also known as arrow.
6 looks for Sagitta
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Sagitta
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Arrow
- IAU abbreviation
- Sge
- Its stars are named
- Sagittae (as in "Alpha Sagittae")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 19h 47m, declination +18° 23′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- γ Sge, magnitude 3.47
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- γ Sgemag 3.47
- δ Sgemag 3.82
- Sham (α Sge)mag 4.37
- β Sgemag 4.37
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation