Aquila – Derekscope

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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

Other objects in Aquila

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

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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

(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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