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Aquila
(Eagle, Aql)
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Aquilais a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has historical image has URL: http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/stars/images/hev1full.jpg, 2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has genitive Aquilae2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has boundary has URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Pics/aquila.gif, 2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has synonym Eagle2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has historical origin the eagle that belonged to Zeus. Aquila's most famous task was carrying the mortal Ganymede to the heavens to serve as Zeus' cup bearer2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
has acronym Aql2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
is an instance of constellationhas URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/aquila.html, 2001-09-27 09:33:44.0
constellationis a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
has component asterism2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions2001-09-27 09:33:35.0
equatorial sky areais defined using equatorial coordinates2001-09-27 09:33:34.0
quantityhas unit2001-09-27 09:33:12.0
numberhas value2001-09-27 09:32:57.0