An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Arrow. A very small → constellation,
in fact the third smallest constellation in the sky, lying south of → Vulpecula, and north of → Aquila. The constellation contains the prototype → WZ Sagittae star and M71 (NGC 6838), formerly thought to be an → open cluster but now considered to be a → globular cluster of low condensation. Its brightest star α Sge is a yellow bright → giant of → apparent magnitude +4.37 and → spectral type G1 II about 475 → light-years from Earth.
Abbreviation: Sge; Genitive: Sagittae.

Etymology (EN): From L. sagitta “arrow.”

Etymology (PE): Peykân, → arrow.