Charles Messier first noted the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) on June 20, 1764. He subsequently recalled it as a “large nebulosity in which there are several stars of different magnitudes: ...

This part of the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) is one of the richest star fields in the whole sky — the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud. The huge number of […] ...

The Sagittarius Star Cloud, about 30,000 light years distant, seems to be the nucleus, with the sun and all the outer stars of the galaxy turning at the rate of 155 miles ...

Note that it’s only due to the existence of Baade’s Window that we can see the large star cloud at all. In Sagittarius, look for the famous Lagoon (M8), Omega (M17) and North America (NGC 7000 ...

This star field shows up in a lot of Milky Way landscape images that highlight details in the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud. It’s a small region that is brighter than its surrounding area and is ...

M24, known as the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, breaks the norm of Messier's catalog. It's a gap amidst interstellar dust clouds, revealing distant stars in the Sagittarius spiral arm.

The Great Sagittarius Star Cloud is part of our galaxy's central bulge and exceptionally rich in stars, clusters and nebulae. Contributed / Stellarium. The Teapot reference came much later.

In his classic constellation guide, "The Stars — A New Way to See Them," the late Hans Augusto ("H.A.") Rey, did find a way to turn the stars of Sagittarius into a standing archer.