Although the Eagle is in the middle of the Milky Way, there are only a few deep-sky objects visible in this constellation because the dust clouds of the Great Rift swallow lots of light. It contains many planetary nebulae, but you need a telescope to see them.<\/p>\n
The 0,93m<\/sup> bright \u03b1 Aquilae (Atair or Altair)<\/strong><\/em> is only 16.7 light-years away and has ten times the luminosity of our Sun. The star is probably much flattened, as it rotates very quickly \u2013 It rotates once around its axis every 6.5 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although the Eagle is in the middle of the Milky Way, there are only a few deep-sky objects visible in this constellation because the dust clouds of the Great Rift swallow lots of light. It contains many planetary nebulae, but you need a telescope to see them. The 0,93m bright \u03b1 Aquilae (Atair or Altair) … Aquila<\/span> weiterlesen