K-type star · orange dwarf

Alshain

44.7 lybrightness mag 3.71G8IVvar

Also catalogued as 60Bet Aql · HR 7602 · HD 188512 · HIP 98036 · Gliese Gl 771A

5,120 K

temperature

3.71

apparent magnitude

5.36× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IVvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

45 years

at light speed from Earth

0.89×

as hot as the Sun

5.36×

the Sun's light output

3.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

AlshainK-type

Sky regionAquilathis direction

Nearest stars

30Del Aql →9.0 ly apart
31 Aql →9.0 ly apart
15 Sge →16 ly apart
54Omi Aql →18 ly apart
HR 7578 →24 ly apart
Gliese Gl 822B →24 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
55Eta Aql →mag 3.9
13Eps Aql →mag 4.0
12 Aql →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.7To 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.