Sagitta
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Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'arrow', not to be confused with the significantly larger constellation Sagittarius 'the archer'. It was inclu
Sagitta can be seen above Aquila in this plate from Urania's Mirror (1825).
Messier 71 globular cluster
James Webb Space Telescope image of WR 124 in Sagitta. NIRCam and MIRI composite
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
Sagitta
…weapon that Hercules used to kill the eagle (Aquila) of Jove that perpetually gnawed Prometheus' liver. Sagitta is located beyond the north border of Aquila, the Eagle. An amateur naturalist, polymath Richard Hinckley Allen proposed that the constellation could represent the arrow shot by Hercules towards…
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.