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SAGITTA (" the arrow " or " dart ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 1003 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAGITTA (" the arrow " or " dart ")  , in See also:astronomy, a See also:constellation of the See also:northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.C.) and See also:Aratus (3rd century B.e.), and catalogued by See also:Ptolemy, Tycho See also:Brahe and See also:Hevelius, who each described 5 stars . The See also:fable was that this constellation was one of the arrows with which See also:Hercules killed the See also:vulture which gnawed the See also:liver of See also:Prometheus . S . Sagittae is a See also:short See also:period variable, period 8.38 days, range in magnitude 5.6 to 6.4 .

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