A-type star · white star

20 Aql

979 lybrightness mag 5.35B3V

Also catalogued as HR 7279 · HD 179406 · HIP 94385

9,086 K

temperature

5.35

apparent magnitude

569× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

979 years

at light speed from Earth

1.57×

as hot as the Sun

569×

the Sun's light output

-2.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

20 AqlA-type

Sky regionAquilathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7402 →110 ly apart
HR 7269 →130 ly apart
Bet Sct →130 ly apart
HR 7239 →190 ly apart
HR 7397 →200 ly apart
HR 7220 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquila

Tarazed →mag 2.7
Okab →mag 3.0
Antinous →mag 3.2
30Del Aql →mag 3.4
16Lam Aql →mag 3.4
Alshain →mag 3.7
55Eta Aql →mag 3.9
13Eps Aql →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To 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.