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Sge - Sagitta the Arrow

  • Aql - Aquila the Eagle

    IAU Constellation

    Aql - Aquila the Eagle

    Size

    22 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern
    Equatorial

    Intro and Visual description

    Between Cygnus and Sagittarius, with Altair (its brightest star) making the south end of the Summer Triangle (along with Deneb of Cygnus and Vega of Lyra). As the night sky changes, Aquila the Eagle and Cygnus the Swan swing slowly westward across the sky towards the horizon. The Eagle sets tail first, followed closely by the Swan, who dives beak first below the western horizon.

  • Del - Delphinus the Dolphin

    IAU Constellation

    Del - Delphinus the Dolphin

    Size

    69 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    Located between Pegasus and Aquila, look for four stars in a diamond.

  • Her - Hercules the Hero

    IAU Constellation

    Her - Hercules the Hero

    Size

    5 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    Located between Ophiuchus and Draco. Look for the Keystone, a trapezoid of four stars.

  • Sge - Sagitta the Arrow

    IAU Constellation

    Sge - Sagitta the Arrow

    Size

    86 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    A small, faint constellation, located in the Milky Way between Aquila and Vulpecula. Arrow-shaped. Shot by Sagittarius. 

  • Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Delphinus

    Image

    UM-1825-Delphinus-Aquila

    Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Delphinus, Aquila, Sagitta, Antinous

  • Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Aquila

    Image

    Urania's Mirror, 1825, Aquila
  • Urania's Mirror (1825) figure: Sagitta

    Image

    UM-1825-Sagitta
  • M71

    Object image

    M71, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Permission

    Public domain
  • Telum

  • Hyginus (1485) figure: Sagitta

    Image

    Hyginus-1485-Sagitta

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

IAU Constellation

Tau - Taurus the Bull

Size

17 of 88

Astronomical Regions

Zodiac
Northern
Equatorial

Intro and Visual description

Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.


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