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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.
Ptolemy catalogued 19 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 12 stars in Aquila and seven in Antinous. Hevelius determined 23 stars in the first [4] and 19 in the ...
R Aquilae is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. It is located approximately 760 light years distant from the Sun [ 6 ] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 35 km/s. [ 5 ]
Theta Aquilae (θ Aql, θ Aquilae), also named Antinous, [8] is a binary star in the constellation Aquila. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the pair is 3.26, [ 2 ] making it the fourth-brightest member of the constellation.
Xi Aquilae (ξ Aquilae, abbreviated Xi Aql, ξ Aql), officially named Libertas / ˈ l ɪ b ər t æ s /, [11] is a red-clump giant star located at a distance of 186 light-years (57 parsecs) from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.
23 Aquilae is a binary star [8] system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 23 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation . It is at a distance of about 400 light-years (120 parsecs ) with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.10, [ 2 ] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued star.
Stargazers are in for a treat as November brings two brilliant meteor showers that are soon to peak: the Northern Taurids and the Leonids. This week, practically visible from anywhere on Earth ...
35 Aquilae (abbreviated 35 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 35 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation though it also bears the Bayer designation c Aquilae. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is 5.8, [2] which means it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye from dark suburban or rural skies.