Sagittarius

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constellation zodiac constellation

Sagittarius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, often depicted as an archer and notable for containing the direction of the Milky Way’s center.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sagittarius canonical	61
Sagittarius constellation	3
constellation Sagittarius	3
Sagittarii	1
Sagittarius constellation outline	1
Sagittarius constellation region	1
zodiac constellation Sagittarius	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constellation ⓘ zodiac constellation ⓘ
abbreviation	Sgr ⓘ
areaRankAmongConstellations	15 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees	867 ⓘ
associatedWith	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ surface form: Greek mythology
bestVisibleAtLocalTime	around 21:00 in August ⓘ
borderingConstellation	Aquila ⓘ constellation Capricornus ⓘ surface form: Capricornus Corona Australis ⓘ Microscopium ⓘ Ophiuchus ⓘ Scorpius ⓘ Scutum ⓘ Serpens Cauda ⓘ Telescopium ⓘ
brightestStar	Epsilon Sagittarii ⓘ
brightStar	Ascella ⓘ Kaus Australis ⓘ Kaus Borealis ⓘ Kaus Media ⓘ Nunki ⓘ
constellationFamily	Zodiac ⓘ
contains	Barnard's Galaxy ⓘ Lagoon Nebula ⓘ Messier 17 ⓘ Messier 20 ⓘ Messier 22 ⓘ Messier 24 ⓘ Messier 25 ⓘ Messier 28 ⓘ Messier 54 ⓘ Messier 55 ⓘ Messier 69 ⓘ Messier 70 ⓘ Messier 75 ⓘ Messier 8 ⓘ Omega Nebula ⓘ Milky Way center ⓘ surface form: Sagittarius A Milky Way center ⓘ surface form: Sagittarius A* Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ Sagittarius Star Cloud ⓘ Trifid Nebula ⓘ numerous Milky Way star clouds ⓘ
containsAsterism	the Teapot ⓘ
containsDirectionOf	Milky Way center ⓘ surface form: Galactic Center
declinationRange	approximately −45° to −12° ⓘ
definedBy	International Astronomical Union ⓘ
depictedAs	a centaur archer ⓘ
galacticLatitudeAtCenterDirection	about 0° ⓘ
galacticLongitudeAtCenterDirection	about 0° ⓘ
genitiveForm	Sagittarius self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sagittarii
hemisphere	southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
liesOnEcliptic	true ⓘ
mythologicalFigure	Centaurs such as Chiron or Crotus ⓘ
partOf	IAU 88 modern constellations list ⓘ
quadrant	SQ4 ⓘ
richIn	nebulae and star clusters ⓘ
rightAscensionRange	approximately 17h to 20h ⓘ
symbolism	the Archer ⓘ
visibleAtLatitudesBetween	+55° and −90° ⓘ
zodiacSignOrder	ninth ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milky Way → galacticCenterConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Milky Way center → directionFromSun → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: constellation Sagittarius

Sagittarius → genitiveForm → Sagittarius self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sagittarii

Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → locatedIn → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sagittarius constellation

Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario → nameMeaning → Sagittarius ⓘ

constellation Capricornus → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

subject surface form: Capricornus

Messier 20 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Corona Australis → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

Open cluster M25 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Open cluster NGC 6530 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

subject surface form: NGC 6530

NGC 6822 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Zodiac → hasPart → Sagittarius ⓘ

the Teapot → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

the Teapot → formsPartOf → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sagittarius constellation outline

Epsilon Sagittarii → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Epsilon Sagittarii → isOneOfBrightestStarsIn → Sagittarius ⓘ

Kaus Australis → hasConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Kaus Media → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Kaus Media → isProminentStarIn → Sagittarius ⓘ

Scutum → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

Serpens Cauda → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

Open cluster M17 → locatedIn → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sagittarius constellation

Messier 17 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Telescopium → borderingConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Telescopium → locatedSouthOf → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 22 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 22 → discoveredInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Scorpius → borderedByConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Lagoon Nebula → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 24 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Ophiuchus → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

Secretary bird → genus → Sagittarius ⓘ

Scutum constellation → borderedBy → Sagittarius ⓘ

subject surface form: Scutum

Trifid Nebula → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 25 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Ascella → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Ascella → isPartOf → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: constellation Sagittarius

Ascella → zodiacAssociation → Sagittarius ⓘ

this entity surface form: zodiac constellation Sagittarius

Messier 28 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 54 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 55 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 69 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

M54 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Terzan 7 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Arp 2 → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Omega Nebula → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 70 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 70 → discoveredInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Sagittarius Star Cloud → locatedInConstellation → Sagittarius ⓘ

Messier 75 → constellation → Sagittarius ⓘ