See also:

• SAGITTA (" the arrow " or " dart ")

SAGITTA (" the arrow " or " dart ")  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.e.), and catalogued by See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe and See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius, who each described 5 stars . The See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable was that this constellation was one of the arrows with which See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules killed the See also:

• VULTURE

vulture which gnawed the See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver of See also:

• PROMETHEUS

Prometheus . S . Sagittae is a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period variable, period 8.38 days, range in magnitude 5.6 to 6.4 .