Delphinus
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Delphinus is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator. Its name is the Latin version for the Greek word for dolphin. It is one of the 48 constellation
The constellation Delphinus as it can be seen by the naked eye
Contrast and color-enhanced photograph of Delphinus
The constellation Delphinus showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.
Aquila (constellation)
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Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for 'eagle', and what it represents is mixed; some say it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Ro
Delphinus
…asterism symbolizing a dolphin with four stars representing the body and one the tail. It is bordered (clockwise from north) by Vulpecula, Sagitta, Aquila, Aquarius, Equuleus and Pegasus. Delphinus is a faint constellation with only two stars brighter than an apparent magnitude of 4, Beta Delphini (Rotanev…
The constellation Aquila as it can be seen by the naked eye.
Aquila from Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars, dated 1009-10
IRAS 19024+0044 is a protoplanetary nebula in Aquila.
Aquila, with the now-obsolete figure of Antinous, as depicted by Sidney Hall in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London around 1825. At left is Delphinus.