This week in Skywatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius the Archer, one of the zodiac constellations. Not only is Sagittarius easy to find, it’s also in the direction of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, home of our sun and at least 200,000 other stars with even more planets, some maybe just like our Earth.

As soon as it’s dark enough, around 9:30 p.m., look in the low southern sky just above the horizon. You want to make sure your view is fairly unobscured with a low tree line. An open field is best. Look for a distinct pattern of eight fairly bright stars that clearly outline a teapot. Unless it’s really light-polluted where you are, it should be easy to see. There are four stars on the left-hand side that make up t

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