Sagittarius

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Sagittarius (Latin plural and genitive Sagittarii) may refer to:

Astronomy

• Sagittarius (constellation)
• See Category:Sagittarius (constellation) for objects visually within the constellation, e.g. stars named ~ Sagitarii
  • Sagittarius Arm, arm of the Milky Way
  • Sagittarius A, complex radio source at the centre of the Milky Way
  • Sagittarius B2, giant molecular cloud near the centre of the Milky Way
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud, in the constellation
  • Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, 70,000 light-years away
  • Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, 3.4 million light-years away

Sagittarius should not be confused with the separate constellation Sagitta, "the arrow".

Astrology

• Sagittarius (astrology), a sign of the Zodiac ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Fictional characters

• Sagittarius (comics), member of Zodiac, an evil group in the Marvel Universe
• Sagittarius Aiolos (射手座のアイオロス Sajitariasu no Aorosu) in the manga series Saint Seiya
• Sagittarius, (Japanese weekly manga Fairy Tail), one of the twelve Zodiac Celestial Spirits.

Fictional places

• Sagitara, one of the Twelve Colonies in the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
• Sagittaron, one of the Twelve Colonies in the Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)

Ships

• USS Sagittarius constellation 456.87 (AKN-2), World War II US Navy cargo ship
• SuperStar Sagittarius, cruise ship

Zoology

• Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius), large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey
• Sibynophis sagittarius, species of snake found in South Asia

Music

• Sagittarius (band), late-60s studio group devised by producer and songwriter Gary Usher
• Ensemble Sagittarius with Michel Laplénie as a conductor.

Other

• Sagittarii, Ancient Roman archers
• Sagittario, a Beyblade (toy) top from the Metal Fusion Hybrid Wheel system of Beyblades.

See also

• Sagittal plane, imaginary plane dividing the human body into left and right halves
• Sagittaria, genus of about 20 species of aquatic plants
• Sagittarians (disambiguation)
• Sagittiferidae, family of acoelomorph worms

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