Constellation
Sagitta
Sagitta (Sge) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is γ Sge (magnitude 3.51).
| Latin name | Sagitta |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Sge |
| Brightest star | γ Sge |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 36 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 5 |
| Deep-sky objects | 64 |
| Galaxies | 0 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 72° S. North of latitude 72° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- γ Sge 3.51 · 287.7 light-years
- δ Sge 3.68 · 546.6 light-years
- Sham 4.39 · 427.2 light-years
- β Sge 4.39 · 442.2 light-years
- ζ Sge 5.01 · 255.0 light-years
- η Sge 5.09 · 156.3 light-years
- 13 Sge 5.33 · 952.6 light-years
- 11 Sge 5.54 · 431.5 light-years
- 1 Sge 5.65 · 274.4 light-years
- ε Sge 5.67 · 568.5 light-years
- 15 Sge 5.80 · 58.0 light-years
- HIP 100276 5.82 · 462.7 light-years
- HIP 98738 5.99 · 819.7 light-years
- HIP 94598 6.03 · 489.7 light-years
- Gl 746 6.08 · 68.9 light-years
- HIP 93523 6.11 · 928.1 light-years
- 18 Sge 6.11 · 321.1 light-years
- HIP 99445 6.24 · 455.6 light-years
- 2 Sge 6.27 · 423.6 light-years
- HIP 99176 6.39 · 1,624 light-years
- HIP 94646 6.46 · 916.3 light-years
- HIP 93374 6.47 · 435.4 light-years
- HIP 94910 6.50 · 867.6 light-years
- θ Sge 6.51 · 145.7 light-years
- TOI-5789 7.34 · 66.7 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
- TOI-5789 4 planet(s)
- Uruk 1 planet(s)
- Sansuna 1 planet(s)
- Wendelstein-1 1 planet(s)
- Wendelstein-2 1 planet(s)
Deep-sky objects
- PSR B1913+167 (J1915+1647) Pulsar
- PSR B1924+16 (J1926+1648) Pulsar
- PSR J1921+1652_P Pulsar
- PSR J1937+1658 Pulsar
- PSR B1921+17 (J1923+1706) Pulsar
- PSR J1930+1708_P Pulsar
- PSR J1935+1726 Pulsar
- PSR J1933+1726 Pulsar
- PSR B1939+17 (J1942+1743) Pulsar
- PSR B1933+17 (J1935+1745) Pulsar
- PSR B1942+17 (J1944+1755) Pulsar
- PSR J1932+1756 Pulsar
- PSR B1944+17 (J1946+1805) Pulsar
- PSR J1928+1815 Pulsar
- PSR B1943+18 (J1945+1834) Pulsar
- PSR J1953+1846E Pulsar
- PSR B1926+18 (J1929+1844) Pulsar
- PSR J1953+1846A Pulsar
- PSR J1953+1846D Pulsar
- PSR J1939+1848_P Pulsar
- PSR J1953+1846C Pulsar
- PSR J1953+1846B Pulsar
- PSR B1925+18 (J1927+1852) Pulsar
- PSR J1930+1852 Pulsar
- PSR B1925+188 (J1927+1856) Pulsar
- PSR J1928+1902_P Pulsar
- PSR J2016+1948 Pulsar
- PSR B1957+20 (J1959+2048) Pulsar
- PSR B1910+20 (J1912+2104) Pulsar
- PSR J1908+2105 Pulsar
- Pal 10 Globular cluster
- M 71 (NGC 6838) Globular cluster
- FSR 0134 Star cluster
- Berkeley 47 Star cluster
- Roslund 1 Star cluster
- NGC 6839 Star cluster
- Harvard 20 Star cluster
- FSR 0143 Star cluster
- Kronberger 79 Star cluster
- Teutsch 42 Star cluster
- ASCC 104 Star cluster
- BDSB 156 Star cluster
- Teutsch 27 Star cluster
- Berkeley 44 Star cluster
- Roslund 3 Star cluster
- NGC 6873 Star cluster
- IC 4997 Planetary nebula
- M 1-67 Planetary nebula
- NGC 6879 Planetary nebula
- A 63 Planetary nebula
- K 3-38 Planetary nebula
- He 2-430 Planetary nebula
- M 1-72 Planetary nebula
- K 3-43 Planetary nebula
- K 3-31 Planetary nebula
- K 1-17 Planetary nebula
- A 59 Planetary nebula
- NGC 6886 Planetary nebula
- He 1- 5 Planetary nebula
- 3C400.2 (SNR G53.6-2.2) Supernova
- SNR G54.1+0.3 Supernova
- (HC40) (SNR G54.4-0.3) Supernova
- W 52 Nebula
- Sh2-84 Nebula