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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 .
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.
Psi Aquilae, Latinized as ψ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.It is a faint star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.25, [2] which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, can be seen with the naked eye in dark rural skies.
Beta Aquilae, Latinized from β Aquilae, is a triple star [12] system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.It is visible to the naked eye as a point-like source with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.87. [2]
Epsilon Aquilae, Latinized from ε Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a binary star [11] system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, near the western constellation boundary with Hercules. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.02 [2] and is visible to the naked eye.
Sigma Aquilae, Latinized from σ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.The baseline apparent magnitude of the pair is +5.17, [2] which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye from suburban skies.
Nu Aquilae, Latinized from ν Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a double star in the constellation of Aquila that lies close to the celestial equator. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72 and so is visible to the naked eye.
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]