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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 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 is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations .
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. [7]
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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.