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  • Thumbnail for Carina–Sagittarius Arm
    The Carina–Sagittarius Arm (also known as the Sagittarius Arm or Sagittarius–Carina Arm, labeled -I[clarification needed]) is generally thought to be...
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  • Thumbnail for Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
    The Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph), also known as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sgr dE or Sag DEG), is an elliptical loop-shaped...
    19 KB (2,074 words) - 02:46, 4 September 2024
  • In astronomy, the Sagittarius Stream is a long, complex structure made of stars that wrap around the Milky Way galaxy in an orbit that nearly crosses...
    5 KB (435 words) - 00:37, 25 August 2024
  • too high. It is more likely associated with the Sagittarius Stream and, therefore, with the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG). Boötes II may...
    5 KB (559 words) - 04:08, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 7492
    The cluster is immersed in, but does not kinematically belong to, the Sagittarius Stream. NGC 7492 possess a tidal tail 3.5 degrees long, embedded into...
    4 KB (350 words) - 13:12, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 4147
    association with the Sagittarius tidal stream, and thus it may have been captured by the Milky Way after separation from the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal...
    8 KB (699 words) - 09:07, 13 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for NGC 5634
    arcminutes away from the cluster. NGC 5634 was once likely a member of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy. The galaxy itself is being pulled apart by...
    2 KB (178 words) - 18:26, 18 January 2024
  • solar masses. Coma Dwarf is located near the Sagittarius Stream, which is made of stars stripped from the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. This association...
    7 KB (708 words) - 12:32, 23 August 2024
  • roughly elliptical shape and is thought to contain as many stars as the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, the previous contender for closest galaxy...
    9 KB (1,030 words) - 13:31, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
    The Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search, or SWEEPS, was a 2006 astronomical survey project using the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced...
    10 KB (414 words) - 06:23, 22 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Palomar 12
    this cluster was first suspected in 2000 to have been captured from the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG) about 1.7 Ga ago. It is now generally...
    6 KB (519 words) - 20:14, 28 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Virgo Stellar Stream
    sky to the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, which was found in 1994 through a similar photometric analysis of a star survey. The Sagittarius Dwarf...
    6 KB (762 words) - 19:32, 30 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for NGC 3576
    NGC 3576 is a bright emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula. It is also approximately...
    3 KB (213 words) - 10:42, 1 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for MOA-2009-BLG-387L
    MOA-2009-BLG-387L is a red dwarf in the Sagittarius constellation that is host to the planet MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb. The star is estimated to be nearly 20...
    7 KB (769 words) - 05:23, 22 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Messier 54
    light-years, it was discovered in 1994 that M54 most likely belongs to the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG), making it the first globular cluster...
    9 KB (755 words) - 16:52, 13 April 2024
  • Milky Way. Of the galaxies confirmed to be in orbit, the largest is the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, which has a diameter of 2.6 kiloparsecs (8...
    22 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 18 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eagle Nebula
    including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission...
    13 KB (1,260 words) - 23:52, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for WR 102ea
    WR 102ea is a Wolf–Rayet star in the Sagittarius constellation. It is the third most luminous star in the Quintuplet cluster after WR 102hb. With a luminosity...
    4 KB (384 words) - 05:56, 16 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for HD 165516
    blue supergiant star in the constellation Sagittarius. It is part of the Sagittarius OB1 association and appears against a rich Milky Way starfield near...
    7 KB (545 words) - 02:45, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
    The stars, clusters and other objects comprising M24 are part of the Sagittarius or Sagittarius-Carina arms of the Milky Way galaxy. Messier described...
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