524 B
524 B
| name | constellation | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair (α Aquilae) | Aql | 8mag | 2022-01-21 17:00:00 | skybber | 2022-01-21 17:24:04.046238 |
one of the closest bright stars visible to the naked eye. It has a brightness of 0.77mag, and is approximately 16.5 light years away. It's only 11 times brighter and one and a half times larger in diameter than our sun. Altair is also an optical binary star, at a distance of 165 arc seconds there is a 10mag companion, still visible with an 8cm telescope.