Constellation
The constellation Aquila
Aql
Aquila gathers 72 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Altair, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around July.
Aquila in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 72
- Brightest star
- Altair
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- July
- With a proper name
- 5
- Nearest star
- Altair
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.76
Declination from -11° to 17°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
17 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Aquila
The 72 stars of Aquila catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AltairAlpha Aquilae0.76
- TarazedGamma Aquilae2.72
- OkabZeta Aquilae2.99
- Theta Aquilae3.24
- Delta Aquilae3.36
- Lambda Aquilae3.43
- AlshainBeta Aquilae3.71
- Eta Aquilae3.87
- Epsilon Aquilae4.02
- 12 Aquilae4.02
- 71 Aquilae4.31
- Iota Aquilae4.36
- Mu Aquilae4.45
- Nu Aquilae4.64
- LibertasXi Aquilae4.71
- 69 Aquilae4.91
- 70 Aquilae4.91
- Kappa Aquilae4.93
- Rho Aquilae4.94
- 26 Aquilae4.98
- 4 Aquilae5.02
- 36 Aquilae5.03
- 18 Aquilae5.07
- 23 Aquilae5.10
- 37 Aquilae5.12
- Omicron Aquilae5.12
- 21 Aquilae5.14
- 31 Aquilae5.17
- Sigma Aquilae5.18
- 19 Aquilae5.23
- 11 Aquilae5.27
- Omega 1 Aquilae5.28
- Chi Aquilae5.28
- Phi Aquilae5.28
- HIP 1005415.30
- HIP 931245.33
- 20 Aquilae5.35
- 51 Aquilae5.38
- 14 Aquilae5.40
- 15 Aquilae5.40
- 66 Aquilae5.44
- 42 Aquilae5.45
- 27 Aquilae5.46
- Tau Aquilae5.51
- 28 Aquilae5.53
- HIP 958225.57
- HIP 928725.58
- HIP 946245.58
- 22 Aquilae5.59
- 58 Aquilae5.60
- HIP 978715.63
- 45 Aquilae5.64
- HIP 947205.65
- 62 Aquilae5.67
- 57 Aquilae5.70
- HIP 987545.73
- Pi Aquilae5.75
- HIP 955725.76
- 56 Aquilae5.76
- 35 Aquilae5.79
- HIP 952225.81
- HIP 935805.82
- HIP 957325.84
- HIP 984165.87
- 5 Aquilae5.89
- Upsilon Aquilae5.89
- HIP 985265.90
- 10 Aquilae5.91
- 64 Aquilae5.97
- HIP 964815.98
- HIP 968405.98
- HIP 974996.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.