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Star · F0

10 Aql

10 Aql is a main-sequence star of spectral type F0 in the constellation Aquila, 243.6 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 93179
ConstellationAquila
Distance243.6 light-years (74.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.91
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.54
Spectral typeF0
Surface temperature7,790 K
Luminosity21.4 L☉
Radius2.54 R☉
Mass2.18 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)18h 58m 46.9s
Declination (J2000)+13° 54′ 24″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)22.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.91). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1782. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4.3 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 10 Aql, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.20, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Canis Major. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 92757 9.35 light-years
  • HIP 94034 16.1 light-years
  • HIP 93654 19.9 light-years

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.