The Eagle is a constellation found in the northern celestial hemisphere, near the celestial equator, during the summer period. The name comes from the Latin word aquila, meaning eagle. It is the 22nd largest constellation in the sky and is best seen high in the south during late summer, especially in September around 9pm. Eagle's right ascension is 20 hours, its declination is 5 degrees, and it is visible between latitudes 85 and -75 degrees (Dolan). Two meteor showers are connected to Aquila, the June Aquilids and the Epsilon Aquilids. Aquila was originally cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century and contains six major stars (“Constellation of Aquila”). Altair (Alpha Aquilae) is the brightest star in Aquila and the twelfth brightest star in the sky. Its name comes from the Arabic phrase an-nasr at-ta'ir, meaning "the flying eagle". Altair is the southern star of the Summer Triangle asterism, which also includes the star Deneb, of the constellation Cygnus, as the north-eastern vertex of the triangle and the star Vega, in Lyra (the harp), as the north-western vertex. Altair is a white star about seventeen light years from Earth (“Aquila, the Eagle”). Despite being the seventh brightest star in Aquila, Alshain was chosen as Beta Aquilae by Johann Bayer, a celestial cartographer, and derives its name from the Perso-Arabic word aš-šāhīn, meaning "the falcon". The second brightest star in Aquila is Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae) whose name comes from the Persian phrase šāhin tarāzu, meaning "balance" or "ray of the scales". The stars Epsilon Aquilae and Zeta Aquilae enclose the Eagle's tail. Together, these stars are called Deneb el Okab, which means “the eagle's tail” in Arabic. Truth be told… they were deeply in love, their parents disapproved and largely forbade the union. Desperate to prevent their separation, Adrastos built Katapeltis to project himself and Lena into the stars, where they could spend eternity together. After successfully finishing his creation, Adrastos quickly went to retrieve Lena until late at night, when the stars shone brighter. As fate would have it, Lena's parents, noticing her absence, sent Lena's uncle, Artamos, to kill Adrastos. As Adrastos prepared to send himself into the stars after pushing Lena safely into the sky, Artamos found him and violently slaughtered him. Zeus, taking pity on the unfortunate lover, placed Katapeltis among the stars in memory of the broken love. Katapeltis shines forever in the night sky alongside Lena, who can be seen crying every night for her abandoned ex-lover..