Sagitta - Constellation

 Sagitta is lesser know constellation in night sky with dim stars in northern hemisphere sky
















Image  credit IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagitta#/media/File:Sagitta_IAU.svg)

Alpha and Beta star ( of 4.38 magnitude) are visible yellow stars. But brightest star is gamma star.

It has one interesting object M71 / NGC 6838. It is loose globular cluster visible through binoculars.

credit -By en:NASA, en:STScI, en:WikiSky - en:WikiSky's snapshot tool - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4490982

To know more about the constellation and M71 visit below links-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_71
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagitta


Below is translation of above text in Portuguese by Elaine (Teacher from Brazil,In São Paulo)

Constelação Sagitta

 Sagitta é uma constelação menos conhecida no céu noturno, com estrelas fracas no céu do hemisfério norte.

 As estrelas alfa e beta (de magnitude 4,38) são estrelas amarelas visíveis.  Mas a estrela mais brilhante é a estrela gama.

 Ele tem um objeto interessante M71 / NGC 6838. É um aglomerado globular solto visível através de binóculos.

Nota: Crédito da 1° imagem IAU e revista Sky & Telescope (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) (https://en.wikipedia.or

g/wiki/Sagitta#/media/File:Sagitta_IAU.svg)

Credito da 2° imagem -By en:NASA, en:STScI, en:WikiSky - en:WikiSky's snapshot tool - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4490982

 Para saber mais sobre a constelação e M71 visite os links abaixo; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_71 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagitta



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