Sagitta Sge
Sagitta is one of the 88 constellations, covering 80 square degrees of the sky (86th largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
4 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Sge |
|---|---|
| Size | 80 square degrees (86th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 19h 43m, +19° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 89° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 59°. |
| Pages here | 4 objects |
Nebulae
1Star clusters
1Stars
2Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| H20 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.7 | 5.1′ |
| IC 4997 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.5 | 0′ |
| NGC 6886 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.4 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 6879 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 12.5 | 0.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits