Star profile

Chi Aquilae

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Chi Aquilae

Chi Aquilae is a yellow G2 supergiant about 854 light-years away, set in the constellation of the Eagle as it flies before the summer Milky Way. Its light reaches us filtered through the Great Rift, that long dark band of interstellar dust splitting the galaxy's luminous river. What we see now set out around the year 1170, deep in the Middle Ages.

Where it is and when to see it

Chi 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 44° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 78° S.

It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 72 stars of Aquila in our catalogue. To find it, start from Altair, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 850 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Chi Aquilae

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 5.28
Distance: 853.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 295.642° · Dec 11.827°
Catalogue: HIP 96957 · HD 186203

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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