Okab

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Its story

Okab means «eagle» in Arabic and is one of the stars tracing the wings of Aquila, the constellation that crosses the summer Milky Way. It is a white star 83 light-years away, young and fast-spinning. Its light, arriving tonight after about a century of travel, follows the very route it was already following when telescopes were just beginning to multiply the known universe.

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 2.99
Distance: 83.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 286.353° · Dec 13.863°
Catalogue: HIP 93747 · HD 177724

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