IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
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.
www.underthesky.com
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.
←Aquila 169→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627
1 Aquila 169 2 Aquila 169 3 Aquila 169 4 Aquila 169 5 Aquila 169 6 Aquila 169 7 Aquila 169 8 Aquila 169 9 Aquila 169 10 Aquila 169 11 Aquila 169 12 Aquila 169 13 Aquila 169 14 Aquila 169 15 Aquila 169 16 Aquila 169 17 Aquila 169 18 Aquila 169 19 Aquila 169 20 Aquila 169 21 Aquila 169 22 Aquila 169 23 Aquila 169 24 Aquila 169 25 Aquila 169 26 Aquila 169 27 Aquila 169 1 Vulpecula 169 16 July 1929 17 July 1929 18 July 1929 19 July 1929 20 July 1929 21 July 1929 22 July 1929 23 July 1929 24 July 1929 25 July 1929 26 July 1929 27 July 1929 28 July 1929 29 July 1929 30 July 1929 31 July 1929 1 August 1929 2 August 1929 3 August 1929 4 August 1929 5 August 1929 6 August 1929 7 August 1929 8 August 1929 9 August 1929 10 August 1929 11 August 1929 12 August 1929 13 August 1929
MS -34199 MS -34198 MS -34197 MS -34196 MS -34195 MS -34194 MS -34193 MS -34192 MS -34191 MS -34190 MS -34189 MS -34188 MS -34187 MS -34186 MS -34185 MS -34184 MS -34183 MS -34182 MS -34181 MS -34180 MS -34179 MS -34178 MS -34177 MS -34176 MS -34175 MS -34174 MS -34173 MS -34172 MD -35159 MD -35158 MD -35157 MD -35156 MD -35155 MD -35154 MD -35153 MD -35152 MD -35151 MD -35150 MD -35149 MD -35148 MD -35147 MD -35146 MD -35145 MD -35144 MD -35143 MD -35142 MD -35141 MD -35140 MD -35139 MD -35138 MD -35137 MD -35136 MD -35135 MD -35134 MD -35133 MD -35132 MD -35131