Warida or Al Warida is an asterism of the Arabs. In the star catalogue of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, four stars are mentioned as belonging to it:

Gamma Sagittarii The Bayer designation γ Sagittarii (Gamma Sagittarii) is shared by two stars in the constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, ...

Delta Sagittarii Delta Sagittarii (δ Sagittarii, abbreviated Delta Sgr, δ Sgr), formally named Kaus Media , is a double star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +2.70, making ...

Epsilon Sagittarii Epsilon Sagittarii ( Latinised from ε Sagittarii, abbreviated Epsilon Sgr, ε Sgr), formally named Kaus Australis , is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnit ...

and

Eta Sagittarii Eta Sagittarii (Eta Sgr, η Sagittarii, η Sgr) is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. Based upon parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of from Earth. It was formerly k ...

. The name is short for Arabic النعامة الواردة ''Al Naʽāma al Wārida'', meaning "the

ostrich Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus ''Struthio'' in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. There are ...

going down to the water". This ostrich was thought of as going down to the river (the Milky Way) to drink, and another ostrich (σ, φ, τ, and ζ Sagittarii, ''al Sadira'') was thought of as coming back up.

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