Stars in Aquila
The brightest star in Aquila is Altair, at apparent magnitude 0.76 and 17 ly from Earth, one of 41 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 8 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altair | 0.76 | 16.7 ly | White main-sequence star | 7,550 K |
| 2 | Tarazed | 2.72 | 395 ly | K3II | ~3,783 K |
| 3 | Okab | 2.99 | 83.0 ly | A0Vn | ~9,954 K |
| 4 | Antinous | 3.24 | 286 ly | B9.5III | ~11,031 K |
| 5 | Delta Aql | 3.36 | 50.6 ly | F0IV | ~7,343 K |
| 6 | Lambda Aql | 3.43 | 124 ly | B9Vn | ~11,506 K |
| 7 | Alshain | 3.71 | 44.7 ly | G8IVvar | ~5,120 K |
| 8 | Eta Aql | 3.87 | 1,382 ly | F6Ibv SB | ~5,853 K |
| 9 | Epsilon Aql | 4.02 | 155 ly | K2III | ~4,554 K |
| 10 | 12 Aql | 4.02 | 144 ly | K1IIIvar | ~4,561 K |
| 11 | 71 Aql | 4.31 | 337 ly | G8III SB | ~4,869 K |
| 12 | Iota Aql | 4.36 | 391 ly | B5III | ~11,231 K |
| 13 | Mu Aql | 4.45 | 108 ly | K3III | ~4,356 K |
| 14 | xi Aql | 4.71 | 183 ly | K0 III | 4,841 K |
| 15 | Libertas | 4.71 | 184 ly | K0III | ~4,688 K |
| 16 | Tianfu | 5.51 | 462 ly | K0III | ~4,596 K |
| 17 | Chechia | 6.44 | 214 ly | G5 | ~5,087 K |
| 18 | HD 192699 | 6.46 | 234 ly | G8 IV | 5,041 K |
| 19 | HIP 97233 | 7.34 | 334 ly | K0/1 III | 5,020 K |
| 20 | HD 190007 | 7.46 | 41.5 ly | K4 V | 4,610 K |
| 21 | HD 192263 | 7.79 | 64.0 ly | K2 V | 4,976 K |
| 22 | HD 183263 | 7.86 | 177 ly | G2 IV | 5,948 K |
| 23 | HD 179079 | 7.95 | 227 ly | G5 IV | 5,646 K |
| 24 | HD 176986 | 8.42 | 90.6 ly | K2.5 V | 4,931 K |
| 25 | HD 181234 | 8.59 | 156 ly | G8 IV | 5,386 K |
| 26 | HD 180617 | 9.12 | 19.3 ly | M2.5 V | 3,534 K |
| 27 | TOI-5800 | 9.55 | 140 ly | K3 V | 4,850 K |
| 28 | WASP-74 | 9.75 | 487 ly | F9 | 5,990 K |
| 29 | TOI-5795 | 10.71 | 511 ly | G3 V | 5,715 K |
| 30 | GJ 9689 | 11.30 | 99.9 ly | M0.5 | 3,836 K |
| 31 | HAT-P-41 | 11.37 | 1,136 ly | F-type | 6,390 K |
| 32 | WISPIT 2 | 11.60 | 440 ly | K-type | 4,530 K |
| 33 | WASP-80 | 11.84 | 162 ly | K7-M0 V | 4,143 K |
| 34 | WASP-81 | 12.47 | 1,300 ly | G-type | 5,870 K |
| 35 | CoRoT-2 | 12.52 | 696 ly | G-type | 5,625 K |
| 36 | TOI-5799 | 13.29 | 90.7 ly | M2 V | 3,452 K |
| 37 | NSVS 14256825 | 13.30 | 2,677 ly | O-type | 40,000 K |
| 38 | CoRoT-3 | 13.45 | 2,507 ly | F3 V | 6,740 K |
| 39 | CoRoT-8 | 14.79 | 1,050 ly | K1 V | 5,080 K |
| 40 | CoRoT-10 | 15.29 | 1,104 ly | K1 V | 5,075 K |
| 41 | CoRoT-35 | 15.63 | 3,663 ly | F6 V | 6,390 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Aquila?
The brightest star in Aquila is Altair, at apparent magnitude 0.76 and 17 ly from Earth, one of 41 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 8 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Aquila?
The nearest of them is Altair, 17 ly away.