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 199→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
2324252627
1 Aquila 199 2 Aquila 199 3 Aquila 199 4 Aquila 199 5 Aquila 199 6 Aquila 199 7 Aquila 199 8 Aquila 199 9 Aquila 199 10 Aquila 199 11 Aquila 199 12 Aquila 199 13 Aquila 199 14 Aquila 199 15 Aquila 199 16 Aquila 199 17 Aquila 199 18 Aquila 199 19 Aquila 199 20 Aquila 199 21 Aquila 199 22 Aquila 199 23 Aquila 199 24 Aquila 199 25 Aquila 199 26 Aquila 199 27 Aquila 199 1 Vulpecula 199 24 December 1985 25 December 1985 26 December 1985 27 December 1985 28 December 1985 29 December 1985 30 December 1985 31 December 1985 1 January 1986 2 January 1986 3 January 1986 4 January 1986 5 January 1986 6 January 1986 7 January 1986 8 January 1986 9 January 1986 10 January 1986 11 January 1986 12 January 1986 13 January 1986 14 January 1986 15 January 1986 16 January 1986 17 January 1986 18 January 1986 19 January 1986 20 January 1986 21 January 1986
MS -14141 MS -14140 MS -14139 MS -14138 MS -14137 MS -14136 MS -14135 MS -14134 MS -14133 MS -14132 MS -14131 MS -14130 MS -14129 MS -14128 MS -14127 MS -14126 MS -14125 MS -14124 MS -14123 MS -14122 MS -14121 MS -14120 MS -14119 MS -14118 MS -14117 MS -14116 MS -14115 MS -14114 MD -14544 MD -14543 MD -14542 MD -14541 MD -14540 MD -14539 MD -14538 MD -14537 MD -14536 MD -14535 MD -14534 MD -14533 MD -14532 MD -14531 MD -14530 MD -14529 MD -14528 MD -14527 MD -14526 MD -14525 MD -14524 MD -14523 MD -14522 MD -14521 MD -14520 MD -14519 MD -14518 MD -14517 MD -14516