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A blue band light curve for IRC +10420, adapted from Gottlieb & Liller (1978) [11]. IRC +10420 was first identified in the 1969 Infrared Catalogue of 2.2 micron sources. [12] It was quickly noted as a very unusual object after being detected at 20 microns as one of the brightest sources in the sky with a large infrared excess, and was compared to Eta Carinae during one of its outbursts. [3]
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for ' eagle ' and it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology . Its brightest star, Altair , is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism .
V605 Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila, is the variable central star of the planetary nebula Abell 58. It is a highly unusual hydrogen-deficient carbon-rich star. The discovery of V605 Aquilae was announced by Max Wolf in 1920. It had been found on two photographic plates taken on July 4, 1919. [3]
Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard.
V606 Aquilae was a nova, which lit up in the constellation Aquila in 1899. The brightest reported magnitude for this nova was apparent magnitude 5.5, making it a naked eye object. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was discovered by Williamina Fleming on a photographic plate (one of the Henry Draper Memorial Photographs [ 5 ] ) taken on 21 April 1899 at the ...
Epiphanius' On Weights and Measures [5] preserves a tradition that he was a kinsman of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who employed him in rebuilding Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina, and that Aquila was converted from Roman paganism to Christianity but, on being reproved for practicing astrology, converted from Christianity to Judaism. [6]
Gaia BH3 is located 1926 light years away (590.6 ± 5.8 pc away) in the constellation of Aquila. Gaia BH3 is the first black hole discovered from preliminary Gaia DR4 astrometric data. [2] The black hole and star orbit the system barycentre every 11.6 years, with an orbital distance ranging from 4.5–29 AU. [3]
Aquila, a genus of birds including some eagles; Aquila (constellation), the astronomical constellation, the Eagle Aquila, a Roman military standard; Aquila, Inc., a former electric and gas utility in Kansas City, Missouri, United States