Sagitta

Abbreviation: Sge
Genitive: Sagittae
Right Ascension: 19.67 hours
Declination: 17.81 degrees

Sagitta, The Arrow, can be seen in late summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Sagitta is the emblem of Diane and Apollo (Cupids Arrow). It is the smallest constellation and has no stars above magnitude 4. It is occasionally drawn as being held by Auilia (the Eagle), for the armor bearer of Zeus. It used to be regarded as the arrow that killed the eagle of Zeus, or the one shot by Hercules.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
GAM SGE	19.00:58.00:45.42	+19.00:29.00:31.79	3.47
DEL SGE	19.00:47.00:23.27	+18.00:32.00:3.34	3.82
BET SGE	19.00:41.00:2.94	+17.00:28.00:33.74	4.37

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

M-71

M-71 This globular cluster is about 6' in diameter, and show many stars resolved across its face. The shape is intriguing, as it is arrowhead or chevron shaped, pointing to the west. Binoculars show a faint unresolved patch of light in an interesting field.

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
Harvard 20	19 53.1	+18 20	OPNCL	07.7	162	16
NGC 6838	19 53.8	+18 47	GLOCL	08.3	162	16

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
S Sge	19.00:53.00:44.90	+16.00:30.00:4.00	DCEP	6.04	5.24
VZ Sge	19.00:57.00:47.80	+17.00:22.00:43.00	LB	5.57	5.27
NO Sge	19.00:15.00:48.00	+19.00:55.00:54.00	M	7.70	5.30
QZ Sge	19.00:50.00:7.90	+18.00:32.00:32.00	E:	6.23	6.16
del Sge	19.00:45.00:9.40	+18.00:24.00:35.00	LB:	3.83	3.75

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
STT 177	19 12.6	16 51	6.4, 7.9	113.40	285	16	161/ 206
STF 41	19 24.4	16 55	6.0, 6.8	340.60	78	16	161/162/206/207
H 26	19 37.3	16 27	5.7, 8.0	88.80	82	16	162/ 207
15 SGE	20 04.1	17 04	5.9, 6.8	203.70	320	16	163/ 208
STF 2637	20 09.9	20 54	6.3, 7.3	83.90	223	9	163