Bow and Arrow

To modern eyes, the brightest stars of the constellation Sagittarius form the outline of a teapot, with the handle to the left and the spout to the right. To ancient eyes, though, it was the archer — a centaur holding a bow and arrow. It’s tough to pick out the centaur, but the bow is easy. It’s traced by an arc of three stars in the teapot, including the brightest star in the whole constellation.
The three stars are known as Kaus Borealis, Kaus Media, and Kaus Australis — names that mean the northern, middle, and southern points of the bow. Kaus Borealis forms the top of the teapot. Kaus Australis is at the teapot’s bottom right, and is the brightest member of the constellation. And Kaus Media bows outward between them.
All three stars are giants — they’re much bigger and brighter than the Sun. And even though they’re much younger than the Sun, they’re also much later in life. That’s because they’re all heavier than the Sun. Heavy stars consume their original nuclear fuel in a hurry,