D  e  s  e  r  t     E  x  p  o  s  u  r  e     August 2005

Constellation of the Month: Sagitta, the Arrow

Facing south and looking almost overhead, Sagitta is to the left (east) of overhead, in the Summer Triangle. This view is at 9 p.m. on Aug. 15. The west end of the Summer Triangle is the brilliant Vega in the constellation Lyra. To the east, Deneb in Cygnus and Altair in Aquila bracket our Constellation of the Month, Sagitta, the Arrow. Hercules is almost directly overhead.

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