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Essay / Sagitta, a constellation - 577
Sagitta, which means "the arrow" in Latin, is a constellation that can be found anywhere on Earth, excluding the Antarctic Circle, at approximately +90° and - 70°. It is located in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, inside the Milky Way, and can be best seen in the months of August and September around 9:00 p.m. Sagittarius was first discovered by the famous Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century. It is considered “ancient” because it is one of the oldest recognized constellations. Being the third smallest of the 88 known constellations, Sagitta has no stars brighter than fourth magnitude. However, this constellation is composed of Gamma Sagittae, Delta Sagittae, Alpha Sagittae, Beta Sagittae, 15 Sagittae, Sham-Alpha Sagittae, Zeta Sagittae, Eta. Sagittae, Epsilon Sagittae, HD 231701 (the only known star with a planetary system in Sagitta and is 354 light years away), Theta Sagittae, S Sagittae, U Sagittae and QZ Sagittae. Sagitta is extremely small, occupying an area of only 80 square degrees, but it is bordered by Vulpecula, Delphinus, Hercules....