Sagittarius, the Archer

ZODIAC CONSTELLATION · aiming at the center

SUN PASSES mid December to mid January, nowadaysSPECIAL contains the galactic center

Find the teapot shape of Sagittarius and you are looking toward the heart of the Milky Way: behind these star clouds, 26,000 light years deep, sits our galaxy's central black hole. The steam above the teapot's spout is the densest, richest star field the naked eye can see. The Archer aims, fittingly, at the center of everything we belong to.

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The Jewel Box (NGC 4755)Mercury's Shrink Cliffs Cygnus, the Swan The Sagittarius-Carina Arm Scorpius-Centaurus Association The Scutum-Centaurus Arm All objects in the library