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	Constellation Guide Nearby Sagittarius, the Archer Keyword Search Find StarDate radio programs about: Aquila, the Eagle Auriga, the Charioteer Big Dipper Boøtes, the Herdsman Cancer, the Crab Canis Major, the Greater Dog Capricornus, the Sea-Goat Cassiopeia Cygnus, the Swan Delphinus, the Dolphin Gemini, the Twins Leo, the Lion Libra, the Scales Lyra, the Harp Orion, the Hunter Orion's Belt Pegasus, the Flying Horse Perseus Pisces, the Fish Sagittarius, the Archer Scorpius, the Scorpion Taurus, the Bull Ursa Major, the Great Bear Scorpius, the Scorpion Three bright stars form the "head" of Scorpius, the celestial scorpion, while its tail curves away below it in the southern sky of summer. The brightest star in Scorpius is Antares, which is in the middle of the scorpion's curving body. This brilliant red star is one of the behemoths of our stellar neighborhood. If you placed it at the center of our own solar system, it would swallow Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and almost reach Jupiter.
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