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Rho Aquilae, ρ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.94 [ 2 ] and is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in good conditions.
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. The constellation is best seen in the northern summer, as it is located along the Milky Way.
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This is the list of 143 notable stars in the constellation Aquila, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class ...
The Bayer designation Omega Aquilae (ω Aql / ω Aquilae) is shared by two stars in the constellation Aquila: Omega¹ Aquilae (Flamsteed designation 25 Aquilae.) Omega² Aquilae (Flamsteed designation 29 Aquilae.) They are separated by 0.51° on the sky.
The modern constellation Aquila lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán) that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
Omega 1 Aquilae, which is Latinized from ω 1 Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a single [8] star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.2 [2] it is a faint, yellow-white hued star that can be seen with the naked eye in dark skies.
Chi Aquilae (χ Aql, χ Aquilae) is the Bayer designation for a binary star [3] in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, the eagle. This system is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye at a combined visual magnitude of +5.29. [ 2 ]