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524 B
Markdown
9 lines
524 B
Markdown
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name: Altair (α Aquilae)
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constellation: Aql
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created_by: 8mag
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created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
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updated_by: skybber
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updated_date: 2022-01-21 17:24:04.046238
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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. |