Star profile

36 Aquilae

Cool red star

3D likeness based on its real data · class M · ~3,200 K

What is 36 Aquilae

36 Aquilae is a cool red M-type giant about 529 light-years away in the Eagle, not far from the dark river of the Aquila Rift. Its ruddy tone reveals a surface mild by stellar standards, the mark of a star that has already exhausted the hydrogen at its core. The light reaching us tonight set out when European navigators were first rounding South America.

Where it is and when to see it

36 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 36° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 47° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 59° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 87° N.

It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 72 stars of Aquila in our catalogue. To find it, start from Altair, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 530 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 36 Aquilae

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 5.03
Distance: 528.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 292.666° · Dec -2.789°
Catalogue: HIP 95937 · HD 183630

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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