Saturday, September 10, 2011

In an Arial View of the Milky way where would the constellation Sagittarius be located?

Folks i was just wondering where abouts Sagittarius is Located in an arial view of the Milky Way. I know that Earth at an Arial view is Located South of the Milky way center. Would i be right to assume sgrA* is located close to the constellation the Black hole is named after?|||First off, remember that the Sun isn't actually South of the center of the Milky Way center because there is no South. Not only that but the Milky Way rotates as a whole as well so we are circling the center of the galaxy at all times and changing positions.





However, in reference to your question, Sagittarius is about halfway between our Sun and the galactic center.





Sorry for the nitpicking, cheers!|||A constellation is an area of the celestial sphere. The stars within a constellation rarely have any substantial astrophysical relationship to each other, and their apparent proximity when viewed from Earth disguises the fact that they typically lie light years apart. Nearest star in Sagittarius is approximately 9.69 light years away. Brightest star 蔚 Sgr is 144.64 light years away. 未 Sgr is 306 light years away. The Lagoon Nebula, a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius, is between 4,000-6,000 light-years from the Earth.|||Constellations are geocentric/heliocentric concepts. The objects in them aren't all located at the same place. All they indicate is direction in space from the solar system.





The brightest star in Saggitarius, as viewed from our sky, is about 8 times as far away as the nearest star in Saggitarius.





The constellation of Sagittarius spans the entire line joining the solar system and the core of the Milky Way.

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