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| Abbreviation: Aql |
| English Name: The Eagle |
| Genitive: Alpheratz |
| Hemisphere: celestial equator (Both Northern & Southern hemisphere) |
| Location: Between the constellations of Delphinus and Scutum. |
| Visible between latitudes: +85 and -75 degrees |
| Best season: Summer |
| Seen in three seasons: |
| Best seen in: August (map) |
| Seen between: July and September |
| Right Ascension (RA): 20 hour |
| Declination (DEC): +05 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 652 (22nd) |
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Aquila (The Eagle)
- The main star in Aquila – Altair is the bright star at the top left of above picture, flanked on its left and right by Alshain star and Tarazed star.
- Altair, along wit Deneb and Vega form the well-known Summer Triangle.
- Most of this constellation lies in the Northern Hemisphere of the night sky, although the celestial equator crosses it.
- The Milky Way runs through this constellation and is very rich in this region.
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Messier Objects in Aquila
| No Messier objects in Aquila |
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Other objects in Aquila
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 38x objects |
| Caldwell (C) | 0x object |
| Collinder (Cr) | 5x objects |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 41x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 8x objects |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 13x objects |
Deep Sky Objects in Aquila
| Object Type | No of Objects |
| Deep Sky Objects in Aquila | Altogether: 363x objects |
| Breakdown of Deep Sky Objects | |
| – Open Clusters | 15x objects |
| – Globular Clusters | 3x objects |
| – Galaxies | 61x objects |
| – Galaxy Clusters | 0x object |
| – Planetary Nebulae | 106x objects |
| – Dark Nebulae | 142x objects |
| – Hii Region | 36x objects |
| – Supernova Remnant | 0x object |
| – Emission Region | 0x object |
| – Reflection Nebula | 0x object |
| – Asterism | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- NGC6709 is an Open Cluster is visible in a telescope with ease, it’s harder in binoculars requiring to avoid vision to see it.
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Named Stars
- Altair (Alpha Aql)
- Alshain (Beta Aql)
- Tarazed (Gamma Aql)
- Deneb el Okab (Epsilon Aql)
- Deneb el Okab (Zeta Aql)
- more list of stars in Aquila
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Planetarium / Constellation map
| Live constellation visible from the UK :- Planetarium (Aquila) | Best Seen in: August (map) | Seen between: July and September |
IAU Sky Chart: Aquila
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Constellations – Visible from the UK
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Parts visible from the UK
| Antlia | Columba | Eridanus | Fornax | Microscopium | ||
| Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Sagittarius | Scorpius | ||
| Sculptor |
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK
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