Sagittarius

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In the second study, Booth focused on a striking feature within the Milky Way known as the Sagittarius Arm, where the magnetic field runs in the opposite direction compared to the rest of the galaxy.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

The supermassive black hole astronomers recently found is a billion times more massive than the Sun and a hundred times more massive than Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

From Space Scoop • Mar. 27, 2025

To locate C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, face southwest and look roughly 10 degrees above the horizon to find the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpio.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

That would be Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way whose mass is about 4 million times that of the sun.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

“That’s the constellation Lyra the Lyre, and there’s Sagittarius the Archer. But look there, beside Lyra.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam