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sagitta_flamsteedSagitta is the third smallest constellation in the sky.
It is also one of the oldest, being recognised by most cultures worldwide as an arrow for as long as arrows have been around.
Below is how the arrow was depicted in John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis, published in 1729.

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