How to Find and Identify the Zodiac Constellation Sagittarius

Instructions

Difficulty:

 

Moderately Challenging

1. • 1
     Travel to a location outside a city where the sky is darker. Locate the Milky Way overhead in the night sky.
   • 2
     Trace a line from the Milky Way down to the southern horizon. Look for a formation of stars that vaguely resemble a teapot.
   • 3
     Locate the spout of the tea kettle, made up of a small triangle of stars, with one star at the bottom and two above.
   • 4
     Look for the lid of the tea kettle, to the left upper lip of the spout. The lid is composed of another triangle of stars.
   • 5
     Find the handle of the teapot, located to the left of the bottom of the lid. The handle of the teapot is a quadrilateral made up of four stars.