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Mu Aquilae

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Mu Aquilae

Mu Aquilae perches on the wing of the Eagle, not far from bright Altair, one of the three lights of the northern Summer Triangle. It is an orange K-type giant at 108 light-years, close enough that its warm colour shows through binoculars. It sits in a dense stellar field where the Milky Way pours southward in the nights of July.

Where it is and when to see it

Mu 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for Mu Aquilae

Constellation
Aquila
Apparent magnitude
4.45
Distance
107.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 293.522° · Dec 7.379°
Catalogue
HIP 96229 · HD 184406

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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