G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Eta Aql

Eta Aql is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Aquila 1,382 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,853 K, and it shines at 4,426× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,382 years ago.

1,382 lybrightness mag 3.87F6Ibv SB

Also catalogued as HR 7570 · HD 187929 · HIP 97804

5,853 K
temperature
3.87
apparent magnitude
4,426× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6Ibv SB
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,382 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
4,426×
the Sun's light output
-4.26
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Eta AqlG-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarHR 7516220 ly
StarHR 7542270 ly
Star70 Aql280 ly
StarTarazedstar
StarOkabstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.9To 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.