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Star · A1V

14 Aql

14 Aql is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Aquila, 593.8 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 93526
ConstellationAquila
Distance593.8 light-years (182.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.90
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature10,190 K
Luminosity278 L☉
Radius5.35 R☉
Mass4.54 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)19h 02m 54.5s
Declination (J2000)−3° 41′ 56″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.4 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.40). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. 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 1432. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 11 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 14 Aql, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.13, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Monoceros. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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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.