Aquila (constellation)

constellation on the celestial equator

Altair is the brightest star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila and the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Aquilae, which is Latinised from α Aquilae and abbreviated Alpha Aql or α Aql. Altair is an A-type main-sequence star with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.77 and is one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle asterism; the other two vertices are marked by Deneb and Vega. It is located at a distance of from the Sun. Altair is currently in the G-cloud—a nearby interstellar cloud formed from an accumulation of gas and dust.

planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila

galaxy

open cluster in Aquila

young planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila

planetary nebula

open cluster in Aquila

open cluster

globular cluster

Asterism in the constellation Aquila

asterism in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

planetary nebula

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star in the constellation Aquila

pulsar in the constellation Aquila

astronomical object

star in the constellation Aquila

double star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

Binary star system, first known microquasar

CoRoT-2b (formerly known as CoRoT-Exo-2b) is the second extrasolar planet to be detected by the French-led CoRoT mission, and orbits the star CoRoT-2 at a distance of 700 light years from Earth towards the constellation Aquila. Its discovery was announced on 20 December 2007. After its discovery via the transit method, its mass was confirmed via the radial velocity method.

star in the constellation Aquila

binary system in the constellation Aquila

binary star in the constellation of Aquila

binary star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

high-velocity cloud

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

Variable star in the constellation Aquila

W49B (also known as SNR G043.3-00.2 or 3C 398) is a nebula in Westerhout 49 (W49). The nebula is a supernova remnant, probably from a type Ib or Ic supernova that occurred around 1,000 years ago. It may have produced a gamma-ray burst and is thought to have left a black hole remnant.

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star

star in the constellation Aquila

gamma-ray burst

star in the constellation Aquila

quadruple star system in the constellation of Aquila

pair of dark nebulae in the constellation Aquila that looks like the letter E of the Latin alphabet

star in the constellation Aquila

extrasolar planet

galaxy

star in the constellation Aquila

CoRoT-2 is a yellow dwarf main sequence star a little cooler than the Sun. This star is located approximately 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. The apparent magnitude of this star is 12, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with a medium-sized amateur telescope on a clear dark night.

star in the constellation Aquila

yellow hypergiant star

star in the constellation Aquila

variable star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila

star in the constellation Aquila