Aquila

Abbreviation: Â Aql
English Name: Â The Eagle
Hemisphere:Â Â Northern/Southern Hemisphere
Location:Â Between the constellations of Delphinus and Scutum.
Visible between latitudes: Â +85 and -75 degrees
Best seen in:  September
Seen between:Â July and September
Right Ascension (RA):  20 hour
Declination (DEC):Â Â +05 degrees
Area (square degrees): Â 652Â (22nd)

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.

Messier Objects

• No Messier objects in Aquila

Other objects in Aquila

• 34x objects:  New General Catalogue (NGC)
• 6x objects:   Index Catalogue (IC)
• 5x objects:  Collinder Catalog (Cr)

Features of Interest

• NGC6709Â is an Open Cluster is visible in a telescope with ease, it’s harder in binoculars requiring to avoid vision to see it.
• Locating the map for the Open Cluster NGC 6790.

Brightest Objects in 

• Open Clusters / Globular Clusters / Galaxies

Named Stars

• Altair (Alpha Aql)
• Alshain (Beta Aql)
• Tarazed (Gamma Aql)
• Deneb el Okab (Epsilon Aql)
• Deneb el Okab (Zeta Aql)

Others

• Photo of the constellation – Aquila, as it appears to the naked-eye (Lines have been added for clarity.)
• Sky Chart  –  Aquila
• List of stars in Aquila.

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