Sagittarius

Ninth sign of the zodiac. The sun passes through this constellation from late December to late January, so it is best viewed in the nights of summer time. This constellation is certainly worth random scanning with low power scopes as well as intense investigations of the single objects. Not only there are lots of rich star fields towards the galactic center, there a numerous clusters and nebulae.
In the center of this constellation lies the conspicious asterism the Milk Dipper (it seems that it is sometimes called "The Teapot"). It lies in the beautiful star clouds of the southern Milky Way.
Some of stars have common names. See here a list of them.

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