Star profile

66 Aquilae

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

What is 66 Aquilae

66 Aquilae is an orange ember in the Eagle, a K-class star visible to the naked eye under clean skies but lost in the wash when light pollution closes in. Its class places it among the cooler, calmer yellow-red giants, gentler than the Sun. The light now landing on the retina crossed seven hundred years of dark: it set out around 1325, during the Black Death that ravaged Europe.

Where it is and when to see it

66 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 37° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 57° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 89° N.

It ranks no. 41 in brightness among the 72 stars of Aquila in our catalogue. To find it, start from Altair, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 710 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 66 Aquilae

Constellation: Aquila
Apparent magnitude: 5.44
Distance: 707.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 303.308° · Dec -1.009°
Catalogue: HIP 99631 · HD 192107

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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