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The constellation Sagittarius. North is to the left. The line going to the right connects ζ to α and β Sagittarii. Above this line one sees Corona Australis. α Sgr (Rukbat, meaning "the archer's knee" [6]) despite having the "alpha" designation, is not the brightest star of the constellation, having a magnitude of only 3.96. It is towards ...
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Messier 69 or M69, also known NGC 6637, and NGC 6634, [9] [10] is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. [a] It can be found 2.5° to the northeast of the star Epsilon Sagittarii and is dimly visible in 50 mm aperture binoculars. The cluster was discovered by Charles Messier on August 31, 1780, the same night he ...
Xi 1 Sagittarii (ξ 1 Sagittarii) is a solitary, [11] blue-white hued star in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.06. [2] Based upon a small annual parallax shift of 1.58 mas as seen from Earth, [1] this system is located roughly 2,100 light years from the Sun.
The Bayer designation Chi Sagittarii (χ Sagittarii) is shared by three star systems in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The brightest of these, χ 1 Sagittarii and χ 3 Sagittarii, are separated by 0.56° on the sky. The dimmer star χ 2 Sagittarii is located between them, 0.10° from χ 1, and is too faint
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.
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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. It is approximately 32.6 parsecs (106 light-years) from the Sun and has ...