What is the distance between stars in Sagittarius?

Answer 1

Any constellation is a group of stars that appear to form some kind of pattern,

but have no connection with each other. They all happen to be in roughly the

same direction from us, but they're all at different distances. So there's no

such thing as a constellation's distance from us.

Answer 2

Any constellation is a group of stars that appear to form some kind of pattern,

but have no connection with each other. They all happen to be in roughly the

same direction from us, but they're all at different distances. So there's no

such thing as a constellation's distance from us.

Answer 3

Sagittarius contains a very large number of stars and other cosmic objects which have no astrophysical relationship with one another. It is simply that they are located in such a direction, and are so far away, that they appear to move together. The constellation is in the direction of the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy and so contains a large number of nebulae and star clusters.

The distances to the cosmic objects that make up Sagittarius range enormously. There are 3 stars within 30 light years, A hyper-giant star called the Pistol Star which is 25,000 light years away, and the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy which, at 3.4 million light years is thought to be the furthest object in the Local Group of galaxies. You can take your pick as to which number in that range represents the distance to Sagittarius.