Nine of these constellations are birds. Aquila the Eagle is one of the best of the bird constellations and this month it’s flying high in the southern sky.

The young open cluster NGC 6709 soars through the sky tonight, visible in Aquila with binoculars or any telescope.

There are a number of bird constellations winging their way onto the celestial stage. One of the more than 60 constellations we can see is Aquila the Eagle.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope shared a spectacular image of the constellation Aquila, which lies around 7,200 light-years from Earth. The colour image shows a region called G35.2-0.7N, which is ...

The main part of Aquila resembles a sideways diamond that basically outlines the wingspan of the eagle. Unfortunately there aren’t any real stars that make up the eagle’s head.

The constellation Aquila and the Antinous asterism, top right, as seen from Aspen, USA. Credit: Zach Dischner / Wikimedia Commons This effort by the IAU aimed to reduce the number of constellations in ...

There are no real stars in that part of Aquila to help you. Altair is the 12th-brightest star in the sky, and it’s relatively close, only 16 light-years or about 97 trillion miles away.

A nasty celestial bird is soaring in the early evening Pottsville southwestern sky. Aquila, the Eagle, is one of the 65-plus constellations available in our night skies during the year. According t… ...

The full moon occurs on the 9th in the constellation of Aquarius — the Perseid meteor showers peak from August 11-13. Venus ...

I like to think of our next target, the constellation of Aquila, the eagle, as a little sister to Cygnus: it is also named after a bird, has a similar cross shape and sits next to Cygnus in the sky.

Here’s how it works. Night sky photographer Bill Schlein took this photo on Aug. 10 from Ionia, N.Y. of the northern constellation Aquila (the Eagle) seen along the Milky Way.

The constellation resembles a vertically orientated diamond that outlines Aquila's wingspan with his tail trailing off to the right. Unfortunately there aren't any real stars that make up the ...