[summerbutterflie]

Now, I haven't gotten very far, so it may very well be that the answer is in a chapter I have yet to read.

My question relates to the appendix section Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names. Under the "t"'s is the word thoron meaning eagle. Next to a few examples there is this sentence:

The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë . (The Quenya form of the word is noted in parenthesis as Sorontar.)

Is this possibly referring to the constellation we would know as Aquila the Eagle, or is this a different constellation all together? I'm an astronomy geek, so this is personal curiosity, but my question also relates to a character I'm working on for a fic. I want to make sure I'm not jumping to conclusions and getting too excited.

[inglor]

Probably, I'm not familair with that constellation but the sky above ME is the same one we look at. They also had names for The Big Dipper and Orion. Others too

Annals of Arda: Sononume


These folks seem to have done thier research
Great site for other stuff too
Inglor

[summerbutterflie]

Aquila is a summer constellation, and it's very "close" to the Milky Way so its sometimes hard to find. It's lead star, Altair, makes up the "summer triangle" of stars with Deneb (in Cygnus the swan) and Vega (in Lyra the Harp).

Judging by what your link tells me, I'm thinking that the two are one and the same. Thanks for the help and the really good link.