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Sagitta

American  
[suh-jit-uh] / səˈdʒɪt ə /

noun

Astronomy.
Sagittae genitive
  1. the Arrow, a northern constellation between Aquila and Cygnus.


Sagitta British  
/ səˈɡɪtə /

noun

  1. a small constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sagitta

1695–1705; < Latin: arrow

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Southern Command boarded the Panama-flagged tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

The powerful explosion occurred approximately 2.4 billion light-years away from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Sagitta and lasted a few hundred seconds in duration.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2024

The Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, about 15,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Sagitta, is one of the first observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope.

From Space Scoop Aug. 23, 2023

Named WR 124, it’s found in the constellation Sagitta and lies about 15,000 light-years away from Earth.

From Scientific American Mar. 17, 2023

In Sagitta is a Star of the sixth Magnitude, called θ by Bayer; its Longitude in the end of the same year 1689, was .

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir

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