Star profile

11 Aquilae

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 11 Aquilae

11 Aquilae is a yellow-white F-type star roughly 158 light-years away, an intimate distance on stellar scales. It hangs within Aquila, not far from dazzling Altair next door. The light reaching us tonight slipped away at the start of the nineteenth century, in the years when Beethoven was first sounding through European salons. A quiet star, unfamous, faithful to a rhythm only the cosmos truly knows.

Where it is and when to see it

11 Aquilae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 52° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 42° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 76° S.

It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 72 stars of Aquila in our catalogue. To find it, start from Altair, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 11 Aquilae

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 5.27
Distance: 158.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 284.774° · Dec 13.622°
Catalogue: HIP 93203 · HD 176303

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Other stars in Aquila

Aquila has 72 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 72 stars in Aquila