Constellations
Sagittarius (Sgr)
The Archer
Also known as archer.
6 looks for Sagittarius
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 Sagittarius
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Archer
- IAU abbreviation
- Sgr
- Its stars are named
- Sagittarii (as in "Alpha Sagittarii")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in August
- Centre
- Right ascension 19h 04m, declination −27° 51′
- The figure
- 25 stars joined by 29 lines
- Brightest star
- Kaus Australis, magnitude 1.85
Star patterns in it: The Teapot.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Kaus Australis (ε Sgr)mag 1.85
- Nunki (σ Sgr)mag 2.02
- Ascella (ζ Sgr)mag 2.60
- Kaus Media (δ Sgr)mag 2.70
- Kaus Borealis (λ Sgr)mag 2.81
- Albaldah (π Sgr)mag 2.89
- Alnasl (γ2 Sgr)mag 2.99
- Hamalwarid (η Sgr)mag 3.11
- Namalsadirah (φ Sgr)mag 3.17
- τ Sgrmag 3.32
- ξ2 Sgrmag 3.51
- Manubrij (ο Sgr)mag 3.77
- Polis (μ Sgr)mag 3.86
- ρ1 Sgrmag 3.93
- Rukbat (α Sgr)mag 3.97
- Arkab Prior (β1 Sgr)mag 4.01
- ι Sgrmag 4.13
- θ1 Sgrmag 4.37
- h2 Sgrmag 4.60
- υ Sgrmag 4.61
- ω Sgrmag 4.70
- Ainalrami (ν1 Sgr)mag 4.83
- Al Kiladah (ψ Sgr)mag 4.85
- d Sgrmag 4.96
- χ1 Sgrmag 5.03
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