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List of stars in Aquila

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ874244 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is the list of 143 notable stars in the constellation Aquila, sorted by decreasing brightness.

See also

List of stars by constellation

References

ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". Retrieved 26 December 2006.

Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". Retrieved 26 December 2006.

Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position". Retrieved 26 December 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of stars in Aquila” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.