Aquila Aql
Aquila is one of the 88 constellations, covering 651 square degrees of the sky (22nd largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
11 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Aql |
|---|---|
| Size | 651 square degrees (22nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 19h 38m, +2° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 72° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 42°. |
| Pages here | 11 objects |
Nebulae
2Planetary systems
1Stars
8Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6709 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.7 | 8.7′ |
| NGC 6755 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.5 | 6′ |
| MWSC3171 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 7.5 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 6738 (on the map) | Association of stars | 8.3 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 6760 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9.8 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 6790 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.5 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 6756 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 10.6 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 6814 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 6781 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.4 | 1.8′ |
| NGC 6803 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.4 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 6741 (Phantom Streak Nebula) | Planetary nebula | 11.5 | 0.1′ |
| IC 4846 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.9 | 0′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits