the Bow of Sagittarius

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The Bow of Sagittarius is a prominent asterism within the constellation Sagittarius that outlines the archer’s drawn bow using some of its brightest stars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
the Bow of Sagittarius canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism ⓘ
alsoVisibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
angularRegion part of Sagittarius constellation area ⓘ
associatedWithZodiac Sagittarius ⓘ
astronomicalCategory naked-eye asterism ⓘ
belongsTo Sagittarius constellation pattern ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestVisibleInMonthRange June to September ⓘ
brightnessCharacteristic formed by some of the brightest stars of Sagittarius ⓘ
composedOfStar Delta Sagittarii ⓘ
Epsilon Sagittarii ⓘ
Eta Sagittarii ⓘ
Gamma Sagittarii ⓘ
Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
Phi Sagittarii ⓘ
Sigma Sagittarii ⓘ
culturalAssociation classical depiction of the archer in Sagittarius ⓘ
declinationRange approximately −10° to −45° ⓘ
hasShape arc ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility primarily southern sky object ⓘ
isPartOf constellation Sagittarius ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
neighboringConstellation Aquila ⓘ
Capricornus ⓘ
Ophiuchus ⓘ
Scorpius ⓘ
observedWith naked eye ⓘ
orientationDescription curved line of stars resembling a drawn bow ⓘ
represents archer’s bow ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 18h to 20h ⓘ
skyCulture Western astronomy ⓘ
skyRegion near direction of Galactic Center ⓘ
usedBy stargazers for constellation hopping ⓘ
usedFor naked-eye identification of constellation Sagittarius ⓘ
visibleFromLatitudeRange about +55° to −90° ⓘ
visibleIn Milky Way region toward Galactic Center ⓘ
zodiacBandLocation on the ecliptic in the zodiacal band ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaus Australis → isPartOfAsterism → the Bow of Sagittarius ⓘ