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At first magnitude, the red giant Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation. In the northeast part of Taurus is Messier 1, more commonly known as the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant containing a pulsar. One of the closest regions of active star formation, the Taurus-Auriga complex, crosses into the northern part of the constellation.
Iota Aquilae, Latinized from ι Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. It has the traditional name Al Thalimain / æ l ˌ θ æ l ɪ ˈ m eɪ n /, which it shares with λ Aquilae. The name is derived from the Arabic term الظليمین al-ẓalīmayn meaning "The Two Ostriches". [9]
In Hinduism, the constellation Aquila is identified with the half-eagle half-human deity Garuda. [50] [51] In ancient Egypt, Aquila possibly was seen as the falcon of Horus. [52] According to Berio, the identification of Aquila as an Egyptian constellation, and not merely Graeco-Babylonian, is corroborated by the Daressy Zodiac. [53]
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.
Eta Aquilae (η Aql, η Aquilae) is a multiple star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, the eagle.It was once part of the former constellation Antinous.Its apparent visual magnitude varies between 3.49 and 4.3, [3] making it one of the brighter members of Aquila.
Tau Aquilae, Latinized from τ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.The apparent visual magnitude of 5.7 [2] indicates it is a faint star that is visible to the naked eye from suburban skies; at least according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale.
Altair in comparison with the Sun. Along with β Aquilae and γ Aquilae, Altair forms the well-known line of stars sometimes referred to as the Family of Aquila or Shaft of Aquila. [17]: 190 Altair is a type-A main-sequence star with about 1.8 times the mass of the Sun and 11 times its luminosity.
The inner pair of this triple star system, Lambda Tauri AB, orbit around each other with a period of 3.95 days and a low eccentricity of about 0.025. [7] Their orbital plane is inclined by around 76° to the line of sight from the Earth, [9] so it is being viewed from nearly edge on and the two stars form an Algol-like eclipsing binary system ...