Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains
The "Teapot" asterism is in Sagittarius. The Milky Way is the "steam" coming from the spout. The galactic center Sagittarius A* is located off the top of the spout.
Sagittarius region of the Milky Way
The constellation Sagittarius. North is to the left. The line going to the right connects ζ to α and β Sagittarii. Above this line one sees Corona Australis.
Sagittarius from Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, dated 1009-10
The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterr
Sagittarius (constellation)
…of Sagittarius as seen from the Earth. New Horizons will exhaust its radioisotope thermoelectric generator long before it reaches any other stars. The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal that appeared to have come from the direction of Sagittarius. The Babylonians identified Sagittarius as the god…
The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5" on the computer printout, with Ehman's handwritten exclamation
The section of the computer printout containing the Wow! signal (bottom left), hand-dated "Aug 15, 1977". The original document is preserved by Ohio History Connection.