The Sagittarius constellation is represented by a centaur named Chiron, son of the …show more content…
Being immortal, Chiron could not die but was in a great deal of pain by the poisoned arrow. In order to die because of this great pain, Chiron offered to replace Prometheus who was punished by the gods for distributing fire to man. When Chiron gave up his immortality to discharge Prometheus from his chains, Zeus king of the gods and sky realized the kindness of Chiron and immortalized him in the stars as a constellation. He know lies in the sky with a bow and arrow in his hands found mostly in summer months and most prominent in August.
The Sagittarius constellation lies in the southern sky. It represents the archer in greek mythology. The constellation contains the Arches Cluster, the Quintuplet Cluster with the luminous Pistol Star, the Galactic centre, the radio source Sagittarius A. It also includes a number of very famous deep sky objects, including the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, Barnard’s Galaxy, the Bubble Nebula, and as many as 15 Messier objects. Sagittarius is the 15th largest constellation in the sky. Sagittarius occupies an area of 867 square degrees. It is located in the southern hemisphere and can be seen at latitudes between +55° and -90° in the summer time and mostly in