Sagittarius

Sgr star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

profile of the figure of Pabilsag from a 12th century BC kudurru. è.c. (Roland Laffitte 2023)

The Greek constellation ...

earliest known Greek depiction: Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): two centaurs in Cen and Sgr with Lup+Ara in between (drawing by SMH 2024).

Origin of Constellation

Almagest

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Babylonian "Sagittarius", Dictionnaire des Antiquités grecques et romaines, Daremberg et Saglio, article Zodiaque, vol. V 2. Source : Wikisource, https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionnaire_des_Antiquit%C3%A9s_grecques_et_romaines_-_Daremberg_-_V_2.djvu/444

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  Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): Sgr, CrA and Sco

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  Sagittarius in Hevelius (1690)

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  Sagittarius in Flamsteed (1776).

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  Bode (1805) Sagittarius and Sobieski's Shield

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  Sgr in Jamieson (1822)

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  Sagittarius in Sidney Hall (1825) Urania's Mirror.

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)