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NGC 6559 is a star-forming region located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Sagittarius, showing both emission (red) and reflection (blue) regions. In addition, several other nebulae have been located within Sagittarius and are of interest to astronomy.
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.
17 Sagittarii is a binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius, located 675 light years from the Sun. With a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.89 [2] it is below the normal limit of visibility to the naked eye. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −14 km/s. [1] J.
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 ...
Full Moon in Sagittarius May 23 2024. As the days grow longer and we eagerly anticipate the energy of summer, the stars are aligning in an optimistic and expansive way. The May full moon, known as ...
Sagittarius’ sun sign is Sagittarius, but you knew that already. As a fire sign, Sagittarius is all about energy, action and motivation . They are often quick to get inspired and make for highly ...
Psi Sagittarii, which is Latinized from ψ Sagittarii, is a triple star [8] system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius.The star system is located at a distance of 298 light years from the Earth based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −12 km/s. [4]
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.