K-type star · orange

26 Aql

26 Aql is an orange in the constellation Aquila 154 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,899 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 154 years ago.

154 lybrightness mag 4.98G8III-IV...

Also catalogued as HR 7333 · HD 181391 · HIP 95066

4,899 K
temperature
4.98
apparent magnitude
19.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III-IV...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
154 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
19.82×
the Sun's light output
1.61
absolute magnitude
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26 AqlK-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
Star12 Aql16 ly
StarHR 699929 ly
StarAlya31 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aquila

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.