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Aquila (pronounced /ˈækwɨlə/ or /əˈkwɪlə/) is a constellation. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it is commonly represented as such. It lies roughly at the celestial equator. The alpha star, Altair, is a vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism.
[edit] HistoryAquila was one of the 48 constellations described by Ptolemy in Ancient Greece. It is also mentioned by Eudoxus in the 4th century BC and Aratus in the 3rd century BC. It is now one of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. The constellation was also known as Vultur volans (the flying vulture) to the Romans, not to be confused with Vultur cadens which was the Romans' name for what is now known as Lyra. Ptolemy catalogued nineteen stars jointly in this constellation and in the now obsolete constellation of Antinous, which was named in the reign of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117–138), but sometimes erroneously attributed to Tycho Brahe, who catalogued twelve stars in Aquila and seven in Antinous. Hevelius determined twenty-three stars in the first, and nineteen in the second.[citation needed] [edit] Named Stars
[edit] Notable features[edit] StarsAquila, which lies in the Milky Way, contains many rich starfields.
[edit] NovaeTwo major novae have been observed in Aquila; the first one was in 389 BC and was recorded to be as bright as Venus, the other (Nova Aquilae 1918) briefly shone brighter than Altair, the brightest star in Aquila. [edit] Deep-sky objectsThree interesting planetary nebulae lie in Aquila:
More deep-sky objects:
[edit] OtherNASA's Pioneer 11 mission, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s will pass near one of the stars in the constellation of Aquila in about four million years. [edit] MythologyThe constellation resembles a wide winged, soaring, short necked, bird, which the ancients identified as an eagle.[1]. In classical Greek mythology, Aquila was identified as the eagle which carried the thunderbolts of Zeus and was sent by him to carry the shepherd boy Ganymede who he desired, to Mount Olympus; the constellation of Aquarius is sometimes identified with Ganymede. Aquila, together with other constellations in the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius (specifically, Lyra and Cygnus), may be a significant part of the origin of the myth of the Stymphalian birds, one of The Twelve Labours of Herakles. The constellation could also have originated from the eagle Ethon, the tormentor of Prometheus, and offspring of the monsters Typhon and Echidna.[original research?] In the Chinese love story of Qi Xi, Niu Lang (Altair) and his two children (β and γ Aquilae) are separated forever from their wife and mother Zhi Nu (Vega) who is on the far side of the river, the Milky Way. In Hinduism, the constellation Aquila is identified with the half eagle, half human deity, Garuda. [edit] References
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