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	\|Tycho Brahe - ''Progymnasmata'' (1602)		\|Tycho Brahe - ''Progymnasmata'' (1602)
	\|Johannes Kepler edited Tycho Brahe's star catalogue and published it as part of the ''[https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10861238?page=~~322~~,~~323~~ Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata]'' in 1602. Antinous (p. 268) follows the constellation Vultur (p. 267), which is Aquila.		\|Johannes Kepler edited Tycho Brahe's star catalogue and published it as part of the ''[https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10861238?page=318,319 Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata]'' in 1602. Antinous (p. 268) follows the constellation Vultur (p. 267), which is Aquila.
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	==== Decision ====		==== Decision ====
	The name Antinous is applied to Theta Aquilae. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2024/06/06.		The name Antinous is applied to Theta Aquilae ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=tet+Aql&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD]), a B-type star at V~3.2 mag. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2024/06/06.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782), based on Fortin (1776) and Flamsteed (1729)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.		[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782), based on Fortin (1776) and Flamsteed (1729)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.

	=== ~~Graeco-Babylonian Origin of the asterism name~~ ===		== Concordance, Etymology and History ==

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	[[File:Aql Alm+Farnese stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Aquila as stickfigure drawn to the description in the Almagest (137 CE) and as drawn on the Farnese Globe (marble, 2nd c. CE), mapped to Stellarium by Susanne M Hoffmann (2021)]]		[[File:Aql Alm+Farnese stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Aquila as stickfigure drawn to the description in the Almagest (137 CE) and as drawn on the Farnese Globe (marble, 2nd c. CE), mapped to Stellarium by Susanne M Hoffmann (2021)]]

	=== The Roman (hi)story behind it ===		=== The Roman (hi)story behind it<ref name=":0" /><ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M : ''Als der Löwe an den Himmel kam'', Franckh-Kosmos-Verlag Stuttgart 2021, pp. 86-88.</ref> ===
	[[wikipedia:Antinous\|Antinous]] is the name of one of the closest confidants of Emperor [[wikipedia:Hadrian\|Hadrian of Rome]]. When Hadrian was in Egypt, Antinous drowned in the Nile. It was unclear from the outset whether this was an accident, suicide or murder. Of course, this can no longer be clarified today. The fact is that he fell into the water, could not swim and drowned.		[[wikipedia:Antinous\|Antinous]] is the name of one of the closest confidants of Emperor [[wikipedia:Hadrian\|Hadrian of Rome]]. When Hadrian was in Egypt, Antinous drowned in the Nile. It was unclear from the outset whether this was an accident, suicide or murder. Of course, this can no longer be clarified today. The fact is that he fell into the water, could not swim and drowned.

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	[[File:Eagle Almagest Antinous hi.JPG\|alt=screenshot of page\|thumb\|Antinous in the original ancient Greek version of the Almagest (written by Ptolemy of Alexandria 137 CE, printed edition by Heiberg 1898).]]		[[File:Eagle Almagest Antinous hi.JPG\|alt=screenshot of page\|thumb\|Antinous in the original ancient Greek version of the Almagest (written by Ptolemy of Alexandria 137 CE, printed edition by Heiberg 1898).]]
	[[File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|thumb\|Aquila with Antinous in Almagest (smh 2017)]]		[[File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|thumb\|Aquila with Antinous in Almagest (smh 2017)]]
	Toomer's English translation of the Almagest (1984<ref>Toomer (1984). Ptolemy’s Almagest, Engl. translation by Toomer, G.J., Princeton Uni. Press, 1998, Orig.: London, 1984</ref>, page 357) gives for the constellation of Aquila:		Toomer's English translation of the Almagest<ref>Claudii Ptolemaei Syntaxis Mathematica, ed. Heiberg, J.L., Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 1898</ref> (1984<ref>Toomer (1984). Ptolemy’s Almagest, Engl. translation by Toomer, G.J., Princeton Uni. Press, 1998, Orig.: London, 1984</ref>, page 357) gives for the constellation of Aquila:

	# The star in the middle of the head (τ Aql)		# The star in the middle of the head (τ Aql)
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	==== Early Modern Sources ====		==== Early Modern Sources ====
			After some medieval gaps, the asterism (constellation?) was reintroduced by Caspar Vopel (1532).<ref name=":1">Dekker, Elly, "Caspar Vopel's Ventures in Sixteenth-Century Celestial Cartography", ''Imago Mundi'', '''62''' (2010), 161-190 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23018028 JSTOR link]].</ref>
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	\|Reintroduction by Caspar Vopel		\|Reintroduction by Caspar Vopel<ref name=":1" />
	\|Antinous appears as a name underneath the head of the Eagle on Vopel's [https://www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/05741337/rba_d022262_09 1532 manuscript globe]. Vopel also added a figure of Antinous on his 1536 printed globe and depicts him before the act of sacrifice.		\|Antinous appears as a name underneath the head of the Eagle on Vopel's [https://www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/05741337/rba_d022262_09 1532 manuscript globe]. Vopel also added a figure of Antinous on his 1536 printed globe and depicts him before the act of sacrifice.
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	==== Modern dedication (symbol for or against homosexuality) ====		==== Modern dedication (symbol for or against homosexuality) ====
	Ian Ridpath in his website ''Star Tales''<ref>Ian Ridpath, Star Tales: Antinous, [http://ianridpath.com/startales/antinous.html online edition]</ref> describes Hadrian as the first openly gay Roman Emperor, and Antinous as his boy lover. This statement continues the view of Antinous ''as a symbol'' of male homosexuality in the contemporary Western culture, a view created by the literature by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987). Occasionally, the symbol figure of Antinous is used by the LGPTQ community as one of their icons. Therefore, aiming at inclusion, astronomers of the 20th and 21st century occasionally use this asterism as a symbol of homosexuality in general.		Ian Ridpath in his website ''Star Tales''<ref name=":0">Ian Ridpath, Star Tales: Antinous, [http://ianridpath.com/startales/antinous.html online edition]</ref> describes Hadrian as the first openly gay Roman Emperor, and Antinous as his boy lover. This statement continues the view of Antinous ''as a symbol'' of male homosexuality in the contemporary Western culture, a view created by the literature by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987). Occasionally, the symbol figure of Antinous is used by the LGPTQ community as one of their icons. Therefore, aiming at inclusion, astronomers of the 20th and 21st century occasionally use this asterism as a symbol of homosexuality in general.

	However, it must also be pointed out that Antinous who died before his 20th birthday was a teenager while the emperor Hadrian was in his 40s. Thus, their relationship - if it was not only Platonic - may have been pederasty which is today considered as a form of child abuse and therefore condemned in modern society (astronomers, planetarians, and everybody else who uses the term "Antinous").		However, it must also be pointed out that Antinous who died before his 20th birthday was a teenager while the emperor Hadrian was in his 40s. Thus, their relationship - if it was not only Platonic - may have been pederasty which is today considered as a form of child abuse and therefore condemned in modern society (astronomers, planetarians, and everybody else who uses the term "Antinous").
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	=== Literature ===		=== Literature ===
	* Allen, Richard Hinckley, ''Star-Names and their Meanings'' (New York/London: G.E. Stechert, 1899), pp. 40-41 [[https://archive.org/details/star-names-and-their-meanings/page/40/mode/1up?view=theater Internet Archive link] / [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Antinous*.html Caelum Antiquum link]].
	* Dekker, Elly, "Caspar Vopel's Ventures in Sixteenth-Century Celestial Cartography", ''Imago Mundi'', '''62''' (2010), 161-190 [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23018028 JSTOR link]].
	* Gullberg, Jessica, Susanne M. Hoffmann, Steven R. Gullberg (2022). "Painting Babylonian", in: S.M. Hoffmann & G. Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021.'', Reihe: ''Nuncius Hamburgensis'' 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook), pp. 171-191.
	* Hoffmann, Susanne M. (2022). "Preliminary Observations on the Dendera Zodiac (Egypt)", in: S.M. Hoffmann & G. Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021.'', Reihe: ''Nuncius Hamburgensis'' 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook), pp. 524-541.
	* Hoffmann, Susanne M : ''Als der Löwe an den Himmel kam'', Franckh-Kosmos-Verlag Stuttgart 2021, pp. 86-88.

	[[Category:Asterism]]		[[Category:Asterism]]
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	== Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern sources and reception ==		== Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern sources and reception ==
	[[File:Antinous mentioned in text.png\|alt=screenshot of Latin text\|thumb\|~~????~~]]		[[File:Antinous mentioned in text.png\|alt=screenshot of Latin text\|thumb\|Antinous mentioned in Latin text]]

	==== Cassius Dio (165 - 235 CE) ====		==== Cassius Dio (165 - 235 CE) ====

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	[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782), based on Fortin (1776) and Flamsteed (1729)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.		[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782), based on Fortin (1776) and Flamsteed (1729)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.

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	==== Decision ====		==== Decision ====
	The name Antinous is applied to Theta Aquilae.		The name Antinous is applied to Theta Aquilae. The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2024/06/06.

	== References ==		== References ==

	===Weblinks===		===Weblinks===
			* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
	* Ian Ridpath: [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/antinous.html Star Tales – Antinous]		* Ian Ridpath: [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/antinous.html Star Tales – Antinous]
	* Ian Ridpath: [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/aquila.html#antinous Star Tales – Aquila: An obsolete subdivision]		* Ian Ridpath: [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/aquila.html#antinous Star Tales – Aquila: An obsolete subdivision]

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			[[File:Aql Alm+Farnese stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Aquila as stickfigure drawn to the description in the Almagest (137 CE) and as drawn on the Farnese Globe (marble, 2nd c. CE), mapped to Stellarium by Susanne M Hoffmann (2021)]]

	=== The Roman (hi)story behind it ===		=== The Roman (hi)story behind it ===

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	[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.		[[File:Adlerantinous web-1-474x275.jpg\|alt=Antinous (Bode1781)\|thumb\|Antinous in Bode (1782), based on Fortin (1776) and Flamsteed (1729)]]A "sub"-constellation (or asterism) Antinous was created by Ptolemy of Alexandria and published in the Almagest star catalogue 137 CE. It is placed in the constellation of [[Aquila]], The Eagle.

	=== Graeco-Babylonian Origin of the asterism name ===		=== Graeco-Babylonian Origin of the asterism name ===

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	[[File:Eagle Almagest Antinous hi.JPG\|alt=screenshot of page\|thumb\|Antinous in the original ancient Greek version of the Almagest (written by Ptolemy of Alexandria 137 CE, printed edition by Heiberg 1898).]]		[[File:Eagle Almagest Antinous hi.JPG\|alt=screenshot of page\|thumb\|Antinous in the original ancient Greek version of the Almagest (written by Ptolemy of Alexandria 137 CE, printed edition by Heiberg 1898).]]
	[[File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|thumb\|Aquila with Antinous in Almagest (smh 2017)]]		[[File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|thumb\|Aquila with Antinous in Almagest (smh 2017)]]
	Toomer's English translation of the Almagest (1984, page 357) gives for the constellation of Aquila:		Toomer's English translation of the Almagest (1984<ref>Toomer (1984). Ptolemy’s Almagest, Engl. translation by Toomer, G.J., Princeton Uni. Press, 1998, Orig.: London, 1984</ref>, page 357) gives for the constellation of Aquila:

	# The star in the middle of the head (τ Aql)		# The star in the middle of the head (τ Aql)
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	Interestingly, the eagle is one of the "Greek" constellations that are taken directly from Babylonian uranography. The Babylonians also had a bird of prey, an eagle (or a vulture), in exactly the same place in the sky. Next to the Babylonian constellation Eagle is the Babylonian constellation The Corpse. Since the Almagest contains many Babylonian reminiscences (e.g. Babylonian eclipse observations are quoted), it could be that Ptolemy's new creation refers to the older Babylonian constellation and merely changes its name.		Interestingly, the eagle is one of the "Greek" constellations that are taken directly from Babylonian uranography. The Babylonians also had a bird of prey, an eagle (or a vulture), in exactly the same place in the sky. Next to the Babylonian constellation Eagle is the Babylonian constellation The Corpse. Since the Almagest contains many Babylonian reminiscences (e.g. Babylonian eclipse observations are quoted), it could be that Ptolemy's new creation refers to the older Babylonian constellation and merely changes its name.

	The '''Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL.APIN''' is of unknown date but certainly compiled before 1000 BCE. Definition in MUL.APIN list I.1 (line I ii 12):		The '''Babylonian astronomical compendium MUL.APIN''' is of unknown date but certainly compiled before 1000 BCE. Definition in MUL.APIN<ref>Hunger, H. and J. M. Steele (2019). The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN, Routledge, NY</ref> list I.1 (line I ii 12):

	* ''original:'' DIŠ MUL <sup>d</sup>Za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub> [[A2.mušen\|<sup>mul</sup>Ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>]] u [[AD6\|<sup>mul</sup>AD<sub>6</sub>]]		* ''original:'' DIŠ MUL <sup>d</sup>Za-ba<sub>4</sub>-ba<sub>4</sub> [[A2.mušen\|<sup>mul</sup>Ti<sub>8</sub><sup>mušen</sup>]] u [[AD6\|<sup>mul</sup>AD<sub>6</sub>]]
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	==== Further ancient mentionings ====		==== Further ancient mentionings ====
	In the '''Hathor temple in Dendera (Egypt)''', there are two zodiakoi: a rectangular zodiac in the pronaos which is in drawn in the typical Egyptian style in an extraordinarily high ceiling, in two lanes across the whole depth of the room, and a small circular zodiac in the ceiling of the pronaos of a small Osiris chapel at the roof of the Hathor temple. This ceiling is low, touchable by human hands, as the whole room is hardly high enough for average people. Therefore, this star chart is not as divine as the one in the entrance hall of the temple. Hoffmann (2022) suggested that the whole map is a Babylonian star chart in Greco-Egyptian painting style.		In the '''Hathor temple in Dendera (Egypt)''', there are two ''zodiakoi'': a rectangular zodiac in the pronaos which is in drawn in the typical Egyptian style in an extraordinarily high ceiling, in two lanes across the whole depth of the room, and a small circular zodiac in the ceiling of the pronaos of a small Osiris chapel at the roof of the Hathor temple. This ceiling is low, touchable by human hands, as the whole room is hardly high enough for average people. Therefore, this star chart is not as divine as the one in the entrance hall of the temple. Hoffmann (2022)<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. (2022). "Preliminary Observations on the Dendera Zodiac (Egypt)", in: S.M. Hoffmann & G. Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021.'', Reihe: ''Nuncius Hamburgensis'' 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook), pp. 524-541.</ref> suggested that the whole map is a Babylonian star chart in Greco-Egyptian painting style.

	* At the place of the Babylonian Eagle and the Corpse, there is a duck and an animal cadaver.		* At the place of the Babylonian Eagle and the Corpse, there is a duck and an animal cadaver.

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	File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|Aquila in the Almagest carrying a Corpse		File:Aql Ptolbst.png\|Aquila in the Almagest carrying a Corpse<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, Orbis Terrarum 14, S. 33-49</ref><ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2020): Babylonian Constellations in Stellarium 0.19.*, in: Draxler, Lippitsch, Wolfschmidt (eds.), Harmony and Symmetry – Proceedings of SEAC Annual Meeting 2018 (held at Graz), Hamburg 2020, 156-172</ref>
	File:Eagle+Corpse Dendera-zodiac2022.jpg\|In the circular zodiac in Dendera (Roman time Egypt), at the place of the Ealge, a Duck is depicted. Next to it, we find the corpse of an animal. It may be placed on the stars of Delphinus or south of the duck but somewhere in this area. This is a visualiation produced for Stellarium (Hoffmann 2022).		File:Eagle+Corpse Dendera-zodiac2022.jpg\|In the circular zodiac in Dendera (Roman time Egypt), at the place of the Ealge, a Duck is depicted. Next to it, we find the corpse of an animal. It may be placed on the stars of Delphinus or south of the duck but somewhere in this area. This is a visualiation produced for Stellarium (Hoffmann 2022).
	File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)		File:Eagle+Corpse MULAPIN-jessica2022.jpg\|Babylonian constellations The Eagle and The Corpse, drawn by Jessica Gullberg for the planetarium software Stellarium, cf. Gullberg, Hoffmann, Gullberg (2022)<ref>Gullberg, Jessica, Susanne M. Hoffmann, Steven R. Gullberg (2022). "Painting Babylonian", in: S.M. Hoffmann & G. Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021.'', Reihe: ''Nuncius Hamburgensis'' 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook), pp. 171-191.</ref>
	File:Aqldel ptolbabtxt.png\|possible Babylonian model of Eagle and Corpse next to the constellation of The Pig in IAU-Delphinus, suggested by S.M. Hoffmann (2018). The man and the bird are drawn as described in Ptolemy's Almagest.		File:Aqldel ptolbabtxt.png\|possible Babylonian model of Eagle and Corpse next to the constellation of The Pig in IAU-Delphinus, suggested by S.M. Hoffmann (IAU-GA 2018)<ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2016): Rekonstruktion der griechischen und mesopotamischen Himmelskartographie(n) im ersten Millennium vor Beginn unserer Zeitrechnung, Orbis Terrarum 14, S. 33-49</ref><ref>Hoffmann, S.M. (2020): Babylonian Constellations in Stellarium 0.19.*, in: Draxler, Lippitsch, Wolfschmidt (eds.), Harmony and Symmetry – Proceedings of SEAC Annual Meeting 2018 (held at Graz), Hamburg 2020, 156-172</ref>. The man and the bird are drawn as described in Ptolemy's Almagest.
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	== ~~Suggested for~~ IAU~~-CSN~~ ==		== IAU Working Group on Star Names ==
	The name "Antinous" has been proposed for Theta Aquilae (head of Ptolemy's figure).		The name "Antinous" has been proposed for Theta Aquilae (head of Ptolemy's figure) around 2020.

	==== Modern dedication (symbol for or against homosexuality) ====		==== Modern dedication (symbol for or against homosexuality) ====
	Ian Ridpath in his website ''Star Tales'' describes Hadrian as the first openly gay Roman Emperor, and Antinous as his boy lover. This statement continues the view of Antinous ''as a symbol'' of male homosexuality in the contemporary Western culture, a view created by the literature by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987). Occasionally, the symbol figure of Antinous is used by the LGPTQ community as one of their icons. Therefore, aiming at inclusion, astronomers of the 20th and 21st century occasionally use this asterism as a symbol of homosexuality in general.		Ian Ridpath in his website ''Star Tales''<ref>Ian Ridpath, Star Tales: Antinous, [http://ianridpath.com/startales/antinous.html online edition]</ref> describes Hadrian as the first openly gay Roman Emperor, and Antinous as his boy lover. This statement continues the view of Antinous ''as a symbol'' of male homosexuality in the contemporary Western culture, a view created by the literature by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) and Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987). Occasionally, the symbol figure of Antinous is used by the LGPTQ community as one of their icons. Therefore, aiming at inclusion, astronomers of the 20th and 21st century occasionally use this asterism as a symbol of homosexuality in general.

	However, it must also be pointed out that Antinous who died before his 20th birthday was a teenager while the emperor Hadrian was in his 40s. Thus, their relationship - if it was not only Platonic - may have been pederasty which is today considered as a form of child abuse and therefore condemned in modern society (astronomers, planetarians, and everybody else who uses the term "Antinous").		However, it must also be pointed out that Antinous who died before his 20th birthday was a teenager while the emperor Hadrian was in his 40s. Thus, their relationship - if it was not only Platonic - may have been pederasty which is today considered as a form of child abuse and therefore condemned in modern society (astronomers, planetarians, and everybody else who uses the term "Antinous").

	==== Cultural Astronomy Concerns ====		==== Cultural Astronomy Concerns ====
	For [[wikipedia:Theta_Aquilae\|Theta Aquilae (tet Aql) the wikipedia]] mentions some alternatives, e.g. the Chinese constellation [[Tianfu]] that consists of four stars (cf. also Allen 1899 spelling it Tseen Foo, The Heavenly Raft with a wrong number of stars). After double checking this name and its history, the Chinese WGSN-members prefer to use "Tianfu" for Tau Aql and neither for Eta nor Theta. The Rhoads (1971) NASA catalog of star names has "Almizan III" but a) WGSN tries to avoid Roman numerals in names, b) there is a triplet called "Almizan" and we can use one of the other stars to adopt this names.		For [[wikipedia:Theta_Aquilae\|Theta Aquilae (tet Aql) the wikipedia]] mentions some alternatives, e.g. the Chinese constellation [[Tianfu]] that consists of four stars (cf. also Allen 1899<ref>Allen, Richard Hinckley, ''Star-Names and their Meanings'' (New York/London: G.E. Stechert, 1899), pp. 40-41 [[ [https://archive.org/details/star-names-and-their-meanings/page/40/mode/1up?view=theater Internet Archive link]] / [ Caelum Antiquum link]].</ref> spelling it Tseen Foo, The Heavenly Raft with a wrong number of stars). After double checking this name and its history, the Chinese WGSN-members prefer to use "Tianfu" for Tau Aql and neither for Eta nor Theta. The Rhoads (1971) NASA catalog of star names has "Almizan III" but a) WGSN tries to avoid Roman numerals in names, b) there is a triplet called "Almizan" and we can use one of the other stars to adopt this names.

	Hence there is no conflict with Antinous.		Hence there is no conflict with Antinous.