SGR
Speech parts
1. SGR - Noun
2. SGR - Proper noun
Meaning
(astronomy) Initialism of soft gamma-ray repeater or soft gamma repeater.
(East Africa) Initialism of standard gauge railway.
Sgr
(astronomy) Abbreviation of Sagittarius. (the modern IAU constellation)
Sgr
(astronomy) Abbreviation of Sagittarii. (the genitive form of the IAU constellation Sagittarius)
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Examples
The star S0-2 orbits around Sgr A* every 16 years and will go through its closest approach in 2018. That's an opportunity to test Einstein's General Relativity theory through very precise measurements of this star's short period orbit.
Eta Sagittarii (η Sgr) is a double star with component magnitudes of 3.18 and 10, while Pi Sagittarii (π Sgr) is actually a triple system whose components have magnitudes 3.7, 3.8, and 6.0.
Instead, the brightest star is Epsilon Sagittarii (ε Sgr) ("Kaus Australis," or "southern part of the bow"), at magnitude 1.85.
Following the direct line formed by Delta Sagittarii (δ Sgr) and Gamma2 Sagittarii (γ 2 Sgr) leads nearly directly to Antares.
But Uganda appears to have reconsidered its positions, saying use of SGR should be optional.
Eng Nditiye explained that apart from the construction of the SGR project, they were also implementing the improvement of the central railway from Dar es Salaam to Isaka.