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Sagittarius

[saj-i-tair-ee-uhs] / ˌsædʒ ɪˈtɛər i əs /


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Nearby in the constellation Sagittarius is another easy-to-recognize pattern of stars known as the Teapot.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

A Gemini sun is known as restless and analytical, a Sagittarius moon brings an optimistic outlook and a rising Leo delivers confidence and charisma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Lady Enid pretended not to hear and tried to hasten with the astronomer towards the Sagittariuses.

From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Robert Smythe Hichens

To them and to the whole world—excepting Jellybrand's and you—we are the Sagittariuses of Sagittarius Lodge, people at ease, sir, living upon our competence beside the Mouse.

From The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Robert Smythe Hichens

Comet 266P/Christensen will pass the Chi Sagittarii star group again on 25 January 2017, while 335P/Gibbs will make its passage on 7 January 2018.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2016

Paris found that they were both in the vicinity of Chi Sagittarii on the day that the ‘Wow!’ signal was detected.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2016

While pointing towards a grouping of stars called Chi Sagittarii on 15 August, he received a powerful blast of radio waves that lasted for 72 seconds.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2016

Late on June 25, the distant dwarf planet Pluto will be near the constellation Sagittarius, off to the left of the faint naked-eye star Omicron Sagittarii.

From National Geographic

Another in the year 1011 A.D. appeared near the quadrilateral figure formed by the stars σ, τ, ζ, and φ Sagittarii.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore


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