Sagittarius Sgr
Sagittarius is one of the 88 constellations, covering 868 square degrees of the sky (15th largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
37 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Sgr |
|---|---|
| Size | 868 square degrees (15th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 19h 10m, −28° |
| 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 42° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 12°. |
| Pages here | 37 objects |
Galaxies
2Nebulae
5Star clusters
14Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Stars
14Other objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M24 · IC 4715 (Small Sgr Star Cloud) | Association of stars | 4.5 | 120′ |
| NGC 6530 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 4.6 | 6′ |
| M25 · IC 4725 | Open star cluster | 4.6 | 14.1′ |
| M23 · NGC 6494 | Open star cluster | 5.5 | 16.8′ |
| M8 · NGC 6523 (Lagoon Nebula) | Nebula | 5.8 | 45′ |
| M21 · NGC 6531 | Open star cluster | 5.9 | 6′ |
| M55 · NGC 6809 | Globular star cluster | 6.5 | 12′ |
| M18 · NGC 6613 | Open star cluster | 6.9 | 6′ |
| M28 · NGC 6626 | Globular star cluster | 6.9 | 5.1′ |
| M17 · NGC 6618 (Checkmark Nebula) | Nebula | 7 | 12.6′ |
| NGC 6716 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.5 | 7.2′ |
| NGC 6520 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.6 | 5.4′ |
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