Star profile
37 Aquilae
What is 37 Aquilae
37 Aquilae is a G-type yellow giant 458 light-years away, suspended on the wing of the celestial Eagle, not far from brilliant Altair. Its golden light recalls the Sun, but in an enlarged edition —a portrait of what our star will become many ages from now. That light left its source before Galileo had ever raised his telescope to the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
37 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: 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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Astronomical data for 37 Aquilae
- Constellation
- Aquila
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.12
- Distance
- 457.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 293.780° · Dec -10.560°
- Catalogue
- HIP 96327 · HD 184492
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Other stars in Aquila
Aquila has 72 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AltairAlpha Aquilae0.76
- TarazedGamma Aquilae2.72
- OkabZeta Aquilae2.99
- 36 Aquilae5.03
- 18 Aquilae5.07
- 23 Aquilae5.10
- Omicron Aquilae5.12
- 21 Aquilae5.14