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29-490: [REDACTED] Look up aquila in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aquila may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Aquila , a series of books by S.P. Somtow Aquila , a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss Aquila (children's magazine) , a UK-based children's magazine Aquila (journal) , an ornithological journal Aquila (TV series) ,

58-518: A BBC TV production for children based on the Norriss book Aquila Theatre , a theatre company of New York Fictional entities [ edit ] Aquila , a ship in the video game Star Ocean: The Last Hope Aquila , a ship in the video game Assassin's Creed III Aquila Yuna, a character in the anime Saint Seiya Omega Aquila, a medieval city in the fantasy film Ladyhawke (1985) People [ edit ] Aquila (name) ,

87-468: A BBC TV production for children based on the Norriss book Aquila Theatre , a theatre company of New York Fictional entities [ edit ] Aquila , a ship in the video game Star Ocean: The Last Hope Aquila , a ship in the video game Assassin's Creed III Aquila Yuna, a character in the anime Saint Seiya Omega Aquila, a medieval city in the fantasy film Ladyhawke (1985) People [ edit ] Aquila (name) ,

116-459: A Danish firm Hyosung GV250 , a cruiser motorcycle nicknamed the "Aquila" Aviation [ edit ] Angus Aquila , a British aircraft Bristol Aquila , an aircraft engine Aquila , an air traffic management services company owned by NATS Holdings Aquila A 210 , a German lightweight aircraft Aquila Airways , a British flying boat operator (1948–1958) Facebook Aquila , Facebook's design for an atmospheric satellite,

145-459: A Danish firm Hyosung GV250 , a cruiser motorcycle nicknamed the "Aquila" Aviation [ edit ] Angus Aquila , a British aircraft Bristol Aquila , an aircraft engine Aquila , an air traffic management services company owned by NATS Holdings Aquila A 210 , a German lightweight aircraft Aquila Airways , a British flying boat operator (1948–1958) Facebook Aquila , Facebook's design for an atmospheric satellite,

174-496: A fishhook." "Humu" also refers to the hole by which parts of a hook are bound together. Humu-ma was said to influence the astrologers. Pao-toa was the name for the entire constellation in the Marquesas Islands ; the name meant "Fatigued Warrior". Also, Polynesian constellations incorporated the stars of modern Aquila. The Pukapuka constellation Tolu , meaning "three", was made up of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Aquilae. Altair

203-946: A genus of birds including some eagles Aquila (constellation) , the astronomical constellation, the Eagle Aquila (Roman) , a Roman military standard Aquila, Inc. , a former electric and gas utility in Kansas City, Missouri, United States Aquila Capital , an independent investment firm in Hamburg, Germany See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "aquila" on Misplaced Pages. Aguila (disambiguation) Aquila College of Ministries , former name of Hillsong College Aquila Court Building of Omaha, Nebraska Aquileia , an ancient Roman city in Italy Aquilia (disambiguation) Aquilinus (disambiguation) Aquilla (disambiguation) Balanus aquila ,

232-731: A genus of birds including some eagles Aquila (constellation) , the astronomical constellation, the Eagle Aquila (Roman) , a Roman military standard Aquila, Inc. , a former electric and gas utility in Kansas City, Missouri, United States Aquila Capital , an independent investment firm in Hamburg, Germany See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "aquila" on Misplaced Pages. Aguila (disambiguation) Aquila College of Ministries , former name of Hillsong College Aquila Court Building of Omaha, Nebraska Aquileia , an ancient Roman city in Italy Aquilia (disambiguation) Aquilinus (disambiguation) Aquilla (disambiguation) Balanus aquila ,

261-612: A given name or surname Places [ edit ] Aquila, Michoacán , a town in Mexico Aquila, Switzerland , a former municipality Aquila, Veracruz , a municipality in Mexico L'Aquila , sometimes Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzo in Italy Province of L'Aquila , Italy Transportation [ edit ] Automotive [ edit ] Aquila Italiana , Italian car manufacturer or brand Aquila racing cars ,

290-450: A given name or surname Places [ edit ] Aquila, Michoacán , a town in Mexico Aquila, Switzerland , a former municipality Aquila, Veracruz , a municipality in Mexico L'Aquila , sometimes Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzo in Italy Province of L'Aquila , Italy Transportation [ edit ] Automotive [ edit ] Aquila Italiana , Italian car manufacturer or brand Aquila racing cars ,

319-545: A high-flying drone circling a particular location Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila , the U.S. Army's first battlefield reconnaissance drone Global 4L Aquila, a quadcopter drone; see List of UAVs Boats [ edit ] Aquila 27 , a French sailboat design Ships [ edit ] Italian ship Aquila , various Italian naval ships USS  Aquila , more than one ship of the United States Navy Other uses [ edit ] Aquila (bird) ,

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348-478: A high-flying drone circling a particular location Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila , the U.S. Army's first battlefield reconnaissance drone Global 4L Aquila, a quadcopter drone; see List of UAVs Boats [ edit ] Aquila 27 , a French sailboat design Ships [ edit ] Italian ship Aquila , various Italian naval ships USS  Aquila , more than one ship of the United States Navy Other uses [ edit ] Aquila (bird) ,

377-569: A nearly straight line of three stars symbolizes part of the wings. The center and brightest of these three stars is Altair. According to Gavin White, the Babylonian Eagle carried the constellation called the Dead Man in its talons. The author also draws a comparison to the classical stories of Antinous and Ganymede. In classical Greek mythology, Aquila was identified as Αετός Δίας ( Aetos Dios ),

406-447: A species of barnacle Dell'Aquila , a surname Macroglossum aquila , a species of moth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila , Italy All pages with titles beginning with Aquila All pages with titles containing Aquila Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Aquila . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

435-447: A species of barnacle Dell'Aquila , a surname Macroglossum aquila , a species of moth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila , Italy All pages with titles beginning with Aquila All pages with titles containing Aquila Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Aquila . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

464-607: Is also associated with the eagle that kidnapped Ganymede , a son of one of the kings of Troy (associated with Aquarius ), to Mount Olympus to serve as cup-bearer to the gods. Ptolemy catalogued 19 stars jointly in this constellation and in the now obsolete constellation of Antinous , which was named in the reign of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117–138), but sometimes erroneously attributed to Tycho Brahe , who catalogued 12 stars in Aquila and seven in Antinous. Hevelius determined 23 stars in

493-520: Is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism . The constellation is best seen in the northern summer, as it is located along the Milky Way . Because of this location, many clusters and nebulae are found within its borders, but they are dim and galaxies are few. Aquila was one of the 48 constellations described by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy . It had been earlier mentioned by Eudoxus in

522-461: The brightest star in Aquila. It was first seen by Zygmunt Laskowski and was confirmed on the night of 8 June 1918. Nova Aquilae reached a peak apparent magnitude of −0.5 and was the brightest nova recorded since the invention of the telescope. Three interesting planetary nebulae lie in Aquila: More deep-sky objects: Aquila also holds some extragalactic objects. One of them is what may be

551-453: The eagle that carried the thunderbolts of Zeus and was sent by him to carry the shepherd boy Ganymede , whom he desired, to Mount Olympus; the constellation of Aquarius is sometimes identified with Ganymede. In the Chinese love story of Qi Xi , Niu Lang ( Altair ) and his two children (β and γ Aquilae) are separated forever from their wife and mother Zhi Nu ( Vega ), who is on the far side of

580-602: The familiar Hellenistic zodiac, while the middle ring depicts the Sphaera Barbarica or foreigner's zodiac with the zodiacal signs of the Egyptian dodekaoros which were also recorded by Teucros of Babylon. Under the sign of Sagittarius is the falcon of Horus, presumably because Aquila rises with Sagittarius. In Chinese astronomy , ζ Aql is located within the Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣, Tiān Shì Yuán ), and

609-653: The first and 19 in the second. The Greek Aquila is probably based on the Babylonian constellation of the Eagle, but is sometimes mistakenly thought as a seagull which is located in the same area as the Greek constellation. Aquila, which lies in the Milky Way, contains many rich starfields and has been the location of many novae . A bright nova was observed in Aquila in 1918 ( Nova Aquilae 1918 ) and briefly shone brighter than Altair,

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638-605: The fourth century BC and Aratus in the third century BC. It is now one of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union . The constellation was also known as Vultur volans (the flying vulture) to the Romans , not to be confused with Vultur cadens which was their name for Lyra . It is often held to represent the eagle which held Zeus's/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology. Aquila

667-421: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up aquila in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aquila may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Aquila , a series of books by S.P. Somtow Aquila , a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss Aquila (children's magazine) , a UK-based children's magazine Aquila (journal) , an ornithological journal Aquila (TV series) ,

696-674: The largest single mass concentration of galaxies in the Universe known, the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall . It was discovered in November 2013, and has the size of 10 billion light years. It is the biggest and the most massive structure in the Universe known. NASA's Pioneer 11 space probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s, is expected to pass near the star Lambda (λ) Aquilae in about 4 million years. In illustrations of Aquila that represent it as an eagle,

725-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aquila&oldid=1259739373 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages aquila From Misplaced Pages,

754-468: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aquila&oldid=1259739373 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Aquila (constellation) Its brightest star, Altair ,

783-605: The other stars of the constellation are placed within the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ ). Several different Polynesian equivalents to Aquila as a whole are known. On the island of Futuna , it was called Kau-amonga , meaning "Suspended Burden". Its name references the Futunan name for Orion's belt and sword, Amonga . In Hawaii , Altair was called Humu , translated to English as "to sew, to bind together parts of

812-526: The river, the Milky Way. In Hinduism , the constellation Aquila is identified with the half-eagle half-human deity Garuda . In ancient Egypt , Aquila possibly was seen as the falcon of Horus . According to Berio, the identification of Aquila as an Egyptian constellation, and not merely Graeco-Babylonian, is corroborated by the Daressy Zodiac. It depicts an outer ring showing the Sphaera Graeca,

841-531: Was commonly named among Polynesian peoples, as well. The people of Hawaii called it Humu , the people of the Tuamotus called it Tukituki ("Pound with a hammer") - they named Beta Aquilae Nga Tangata ("The Men") - and the people of Pukapuka called Altair Turu and used it as a navigational star. The Māori people named Altair Poutu-te-rangi , "Pillar of the Sky", because of its important position in their cosmology. It

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