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The Sagittarius A* cluster is the cluster of stars in close orbit around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way (in the Galactic Center). The individual stars are often listed as " S-stars ", but their names and IDs are not formalized, and stars can have different numbers in different catalogues .
Sagittarius A (Sgr A) is a complex radio source at the center of the Milky Way, which contains a supermassive black hole. It is located between Scorpius and Sagittarius , and is hidden from view at optical wavelengths by large clouds of cosmic dust in the spiral arms of the Milky Way.
Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star [3]), is the supermassive black hole [4] [5] [6] at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, [7] visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.
The pair of stars that constitute this system have an angular separation of 28.3 [11] arc seconds, with an estimated physical separation of about 3,290 AU. [4] The primary, Beta 1 Sagittarii A, is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B9 V. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is about 95% of the way through its lifespan on the main sequence ...
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 ...
Marking the ninth zodiac sign on the wheel, Sagittarius is a Fire sign that arrives after Scorpio and before Capricorn. It is symbolized by an archer and its season spans Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 in 2025.
The May full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will rise on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 9:53 a.m. EST. True to its name, the Full Flower Moon coincides with the peak of springtime when flowers are in ...
Chi 1 Sagittarii (χ 1 Sagittarii) is a binary star [6] system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The pair have a combined apparent visual magnitude of +5.03, [2] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.95 mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located around 252 light years from the Sun.