Sagitta

American

[suh-jit-uh] / səˈdʒɪt ə /

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

Sagittae

the Arrow, a northern constellation between Aquila and Cygnus.

Sagitta British

/ səˈɡɪtə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Sagitta

1695–1705; < Latin: arrow

Example Sentences

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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

Kowalevsky, in 1871, showed that the body-cavity of Sagitta was formed by a division of the archenteron into three parallel cavities, and in 1874 demonstrated the same fact for the Brachiopoda.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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