Star profile

14 Aquilae

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is 14 Aquilae

14 Aquilae is a white A-type star nearly five hundred light-years away, in the body of the Eagle, shining at magnitude 5.40. Its clean, hot light —a surface burning far hotter than the Sun's— travels to us from before the founding of the first American universities. It is one of those sparks only rural skies pull free from the milky backdrop of the summer Milky Way.

Where it is and when to see it

14 Aquilae lies in the southern 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 35° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 60° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 86° N.

It ranks no. 39 in brightness among the 72 stars of Aquila in our catalogue. To find it, start from Altair, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 14 Aquilae

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 499.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 285.727° · Dec -3.699°
Catalogue: HIP 93526 · HD 176984

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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