Altair [alAql], total freedom of movement

Altair [Alfa Aquilae, alAql, α Aql] is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila "The Eagle". The arabs called النسر الطائر elnars-el-tair (the great flying eagle), from whom the name Altair derived during the medieval age.
 
It is 16 light years away from the solar system. It has a volume four times greater than the Sun. It occupies the 12th place in the order of brightness of all the stars in the sky. It has an apparent magnitude of +0.76.
 
The rotation period is only 6 hours and 30 minutes and its equatorial peripheral layers move at the speed of 286 km/s, near the containment limit at about 400 km/h. Has one of the higher rotational speeds known, only under the neutron stars and white dwarfs. Due to the enormous centrifugal forces, the star has acquired a flattened form, with an equatorial diameter of 20% higher than at the poles. Its rapid axial rotation, is probably related with its youth: it has an age of only 630 million years old.

Photometric observations were made during the sixties and between the years 1999-2001 and 2005-2007.
 
It has a declination of +8º and it is located at 1º of Aquarius (+29º of celestial latitude).
 

Altair, protagonist of the video game "Assassin's Creed" (PS3, 2007)

The quality of the star Altair reminds our Sun and the planet Mercury. The first photometric observations clashed with the popularization of the car as a form of transport, which was not constrained by the fixed routes of the tram or bus; while the following photometric observtions clashed with the appearance of video games as "Beyond Good & Evil" (PS2, 2004), "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (PS2, 2004) and "Assassin's Creed" (PS3, 2007), whose main innovation was the concept of "open world" (sandbox), which gives to the player the ability to move with total freedom in the virtual world of the game and act in the environment in many ways.

The creators of the game "Assassin's Creed" (PS3, 2007) were inspired by the mythology of the eagle while designing the protagonist, so that it is also called Altair. The player can move through the streets of the city, climb almost any building and jump from one rooftop to another to arrive to any part. He can also move from one town to another riding a horse.

"Assassin's Creed" (PS3, 2007)

Like the mythological image of the flying eagle, Altair provides total autonomy and freedom of movement to carry out any matter.

Matt Damon, actor of the "Jason Bourne" movies, has Altair in the cusp of the 2nd House of the Moon-Nodes Horoscope, in trine with Mercury in the 6th nodal House.

Tom Hanks, an actor in the movies "Forrest Gump" (1994) and "Catch Me if You Can" (2002), has Altair in the 11th House of the Moon-Node Horoscope in the Crossing Point of the Ages Progressions (Signs Horoscope / Moon-Node Horoscope), in opposition to Uranus in the 5th nodal House.

Jennifer Connelly, actress of the movie "Labyrinth" (1986), has Altair in the overlap zone of the 1st and 2nd Houses of the Moon-Node Horoscope, in sextile with Neptune in the overlap zone of the 3th and 4th nodal Houses. 

Aldebaran [alTau], amazing physical skills

Aldebaran [Alfa Tauri, alTau, α Tau] is the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus and the 13th most brilliant star in the night sky. It has an apparent magnitude of +0.85 and its color is red orange. It is located at a distance of 65 light years. It has a radius 44 times greater than the sun. If it was situated at the center of the solar system, it would extend to the middle of the orbit of Mercury. Due to its large size, it is 425 times brighter than the Sun, but its density is less than that the Sun.

Comparison between Aldebaran and the Sun

Unlike most of the giant oranges, which at its core are fusing helium into carbon and oxygen, Aldebaran is still in its preliminary stage in which the inert helium core still would be in the process of contract and heat up, causing that, on the whole, the star will expand and increase in brightness. Within only a few million years, the star will reach a luminosity 800 times greater than the Sun, moment in wich will start the burning of helium and will slow down the contraction of the core, which will lead to a drop in its brightness.
Aldebaran is a binary system: the giant star has a distant and companion, Aldebaran B, of magnitude +13,50. It is a red dwarf, whose mass may be only 15 % of the mass of our Sun and its radio the 36 % of the solar radius. Its current separation of Aldebaran is of 609 AU.

In 1997 it was announced the discovery of a giant planet, Aldebaran b, of about 9.5 Jupiter masses, in orbit around the star. The discovery was doubtful and was not confirmed until 2015.
 
Photometric observations were made in the years 1921, 1978, 1993, 2000, 2007, 2011 and 2015.

Because of its closeness to the ecliptic, it is frequently hidden by the Moon.
  
It has a declination of +16º and is located at the degree 9º of Gemini (-5º of celestial latitude).
 
The name Aldebaran comes from Arabic, al-dabarān الدبران, whose meaning is "The Follower".
 

Aldebaran is a star that reminds the quality of the planet Mars. Unlike in athletics, where a physical test is established, for which it has been tried repeatedly, Aldebaran gives an amazing degree of skill in physical actions for which there is no precedent, for example in a struggle against another living being, or during an unexpected physical accident.

"Blue Lagoon - The Awakening" (2012)

Ralph Macchio, actor of the movie "Karate Kid" (1984), has Aldebaran in Gemini in the Crossing Point of the Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope and Moon-Node Horoscope), also in square with Pluto in Virgo.

Matt Damon, actor of the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), has Aldebaran in Gemini in trine with Uranus in Libra, and in quincunx with Jupiter in Scorpio.

Zac Efron, actor of the Movie "The Lucky One" (2011), has Aldebaran in Gemini in square with the Moon in Virgo, also in quincunx with Pluto-Venus in Scorpio.

Denzel Washington, actor of the movie "Unstoppable" (2010), has Aldebaran in Gemini in trine with the Moon in Aquarius.