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LAST month, we regarded for the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. I like to consider our subsequent goal, the constellation of Aquila, the eagle, as slightly sister to Cygnus: additionally it is named after a chicken, has an analogous cross form and sits subsequent to Cygnus within the sky. Aquila was the chicken that carried thunderbolts for Zeus in Greek mythology and for Jupiter in Roman mythology.
We used the sample of stars often known as the summer time triangle (pictured) to seek out Cygnus, and we are able to do the identical for Aquila. The triangle is made up of three …
