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Aquila
The Eagle
OriginAncient
AbbreviationAql
GenitiveAquilae
Pronunciation/ˈækwɪlə/ Áquila, occasionally /əˈkwɪlə/ genitive /ˈækwɪliː/
ACK-will-uh/uh-QUILL-uh
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarAltair (α Aql)
Right Ascention 19h 51m Declination +8° 52'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.571 h (34.3 min)
In Greek mythology, Aquila was the Aetos Dios, the “Eagle of Zeus”. This magnificent bird was responsible for holding Zeus’s thunderbolts and occasionally running errands. One of these errands was to bring back the beautiful Prince of Troy, Ganymede, to serve as Zeus’s cupbearer.
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Aquila (here with the now defunct Antinous) as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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