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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.
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]
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]
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.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. ... = Distance in light-years from ...
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.
Hydra is the largest constellation, covering more than 1 ⁄ 32 of the night sky and 19 times the area of Crux, the smallest constellation.. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations of stars.