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IN STAR SPEAK LANGUAGE
Motion-Pictures to help you visualize
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"The center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, lies in the direction of Sagittarius. It is believed to be about 29,000 light years away from us. The Sun orbits around the Milky Way once every 200 million years at a speed of 220 kilometers per second! What is at the center of the galaxy? No one really knows yet, but it appears that there might be a giant black hole there with a mass about a million times greater that the Sun.
Sagittarius has a muddled history. In ancient times the asterism of three bright stars in a curved line was seen as a bow to some, leading both Greek and Roman writers to confuse the constellation with Centaurus. This constellation (in part) represents Cheiron, the king of the Centaurs. Sagittarius is also half-man, half-beast, said by some to have been placed in the heavens to guide the ARGONAUTS in their travels.
It was the Romans who named the constellation Sagittarius ("sagitta" is Latin for `arrow'), although several stars carry Arabic names which identify just which portion of the constellation they represent: Alpha Sagittarii is named "Rukbat" (Rukbat al Rami = Archer's knee), and beta Sgr is "Arkab" (Tendon). The bow is outlined by three stars: Lambda Sgr: "Kaus Borealis" = the northern (part of the) bow; Delta Sgr: "Kaus Meridionalis" = the middle (part of the) bow; Epsilon Sgr: "Kaus Australis" = the southern (part of the) bow. The arrow tip is gamma Sgr ("Al Nasl" = the point).
While the asterism of the bow is quite apparent, it takes some imagination to see the half-man, half-beast pulling back on the string. Perhaps it helps to know that zeta Sagittarii is named "Ascella" (the armpit of the archer), while nu Sgr is "Ain al Rami": The Eye of the Archer."
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above excerpt from source: http://acacialand.com/Sagittarius.html
this to show you why it is said that:
"It is all written in the stars...."
