Altair

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
named star
gptkbp:age 1.2 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 0.77
gptkbp:arabicName النسر الطائر (al-nasr al-ṭāʼir)
gptkbp:BayerDesignation gptkb:α_Aquilae
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:ADS_12573
gptkb:AG+08_2100
gptkb:BD+08_4236
gptkb:FK5_763
gptkb:GC_27470
gptkb:GJ_768
gptkb:HD_187642
gptkb:HIP_97649
gptkb:HR_7557
gptkb:LHS_3494
gptkb:PLX_4292
gptkb:SAO_125122
gptkb:WDS_J19508+0852
PPM 131670
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Aquila
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:Qixi_Festival_(China)
gptkb:Tanabata_festival_(Japan)
gptkb:Vega-Altair_legend
gptkbp:declination +08° 52′ 06″
gptkbp:diameter 1.63 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient astronomers
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 16.7 light years
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Altair_8800_(computer)
gptkbp:firstMagnitudeStar true
gptkbp:flattening 0.23
gptkbp:galacticLatitude -08.91
47.70
gptkbp:hasCompanion no
gptkbp:hasExoplanet no
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Altair
gptkbp:isMainSequence true
gptkbp:luminosity 10.6 times Sun
gptkbp:mass 1.79 solar masses
gptkbp:nameMeaning The flying eagle
gptkbp:neighboringStars gptkb:Vega
gptkb:Deneb
gptkbp:notableFor rapid rotation
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Alpha_Aquilae
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Summer_Triangle
gptkbp:rightAscension 19h 50m 47s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod 286 km/s
gptkbp:spectralType gptkb:A7V
gptkbp:temperature 7550 K
gptkbp:variableStar suspected
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:stellar_classification
gptkb:Tanabata
gptkb:Constellation_program
gptkb:GraphQL
gptkb:Matplotlib
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5