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

LAST month, we looked for the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. 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 ...

This evening, look high in the southeast a few hours after sunset to find the stately constellation Aquila the Eagle, anchored by its brightest star, magnitude 0.8 Altair. In the northwestern regions ...