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Oct 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4991. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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The star α Aquilae, a white star of apparent magnitude 0.76, spectral type A7IV-V. The brightest star in the constellation of the Eagle, it forms with Deneb and Vega part of the great Summer Triangle of stars which dominate the midsummer night sky. Situated at a distance of 16.8 light-years, with a parallax of 0.194'', it has an absolute magnitude of 2.2. Believed to be about 1.3 times the diamet...

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