| Constellation tour in Summer |
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| Date & Time: | Sep 2 2000, 20:46 JST(+0900), 24min. Exp. |
| Optical: | SMC TAKUMAR f=105mm F2.4, Aperture: F4.0, with Cokin Diffuser 1 filter |
| Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO Equatorial | |
| Camera: | PENTAX 67 |
| Film: | Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed) |
| Location: | Koumi town, Nagano pref. |
 ASCII/Astroarts StellaNavigator |
The Aquila, The Eagle, is a constellation at the East Side of Milky Way.
You can see the picture that the constellation adjoins the Milky Way, but Aquila has almost no attractive nebulae nor star clusters. Alpha Aquilae, Altair has a mean of "The Flying Eagle", it's in contrast to Vega, the falling eagle. The star is another main character in the Chinese legend of "Tanabata" with Vega. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| NGC6772 | .....An oval planetary nebula 3 deg. NE of lambda Aql. |
| NGC6781 | .....A round planetary nebula 3.6 deg. NW of delta Aql. |
| B142, B143 | .....Dark Nebula 3 degree NW of Altair |
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