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  2. Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Sagittarius A - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. V4650 Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    V4650 Sgr is calculated to be one of the most luminous stars known, at 1,700,000 L ☉ to 7,943,000 L ☉. It is considered to be a bona-fide luminous blue variable, although it has not been observed to change temperature from the S Doradus minimum strip to a cooler outburst state. [ 8 ]

  5. S4716 - Wikipedia

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    S4716 is an S star located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy orbiting the supermassive blackhole Sgr A* at the speed of 8,000 kilometres per second in closest approach of 100 AU. As of July 2022, the orbital period of S4716 was the shortest known of any star in the Milky Way galaxy.

  6. Sagittarius A* cluster - Wikipedia

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    One of the most studied stars is S2, a relatively bright star that also passes close by Sgr A*. As of 2020 [update] , S4714 is the current record holder of closest approach to Sagittarius A*, at about 12.6 astronomical units (1.88 × 10 9 km), almost as close as Saturn gets to the Sun, traveling at about 8% of the speed of light.

  7. V4046 Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    The disk has a radius of about 370 astronomical units (au) with about 40 Earth masses of dust in the disk. There are two bright inner rings at 14 and 25 au from the center, respectively. [ 6 ] V4046 Sagittarii is one of four pre-main-sequence star systems within 100 parsecs with protoplanetary disks, the others being TW Hydrae , HD 141569 , and ...

  8. California vote count is slow, that doesn't mean it's 'rigged ...

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    The claim: California counting ballots two weeks after Election Day is evidence it was ‘rigged’ A Nov. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims one state’s lengthy vote-counting ...

  9. Zeta Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    Zeta Sagittarii (ζ Sagittarii, abbreviated Zeta Sgr, ζ Sgr) is a triple star system and the third-brightest star in the constellation of Sagittarius after Kaus Australis and Nunki. Based upon parallax measurements, it is about 88 light-years (27 parsecs ) from the Sun .