What is the latitude and longitude of the constellation Sagittarius?

Answer 1

A star's position is measured in Right Ascension (Ra) and Declination (Dec), which is stated in very small incriments such as arc seconds. Constellations cover too much area and have broader designations. Leo is located at 11 hours Ra and 15 degrees Dec., while the brightest star in it, Regulus is located at 10hours, 08 minutes, 22.3 seconds Ra, and 11 degrees, 58 arcminutes, 02 arcseconds. An arcsecond is 1/3600th of a degreee....pretty small. Here is a bit more on the subject. http://liftoff.msfc.NASA.gov/academy/universe/RADEC.HTML

Answer 2

Directions in the sky are not expressed in latitude and longitude, but rather in declination and right ascension. You can find the coordinates in the Wikipedia article "Sagittarius (constellation)".

Answer 3

Latitude and longitude are used to reference points on the spinning Earth, and don't easily translate to the fixed and unmoving stars. For stars (or other celestial objects) we refer to them by declination and right-ascension.

Additionally, constellations cover a pretty large expanse of the sky, so we can't be real precise when we talk about a constellation rather than a particular star. In general, Taurus is about 4.6 hours RA, and 19 degrees declination.

Answer 4

The latitude of Orion is 14.6167 degrees North. The longitude of Orion is 120.5833 degrees East. Orion is also considered to be a constellation.

Answer 5

latitude=90 and 15 degrees