- Beta Aquilae
Starbox begin
name=Beta Aquilae Starbox image
caption = Beta Aquilae Starbox observe
epoch=J2000
ra=19h 55m 18.8s
dec=+06° 24′ 24″
appmag_v=3.71/11.4
constell=Aquila Starbox character
class=G8 IVvar/M3
b-v=0.86
u-b=0.48 r-i = 0.49
v-r =
variable=Variable star Starbox astrometry
radial_v=-40.3
prop_mo_ra=46.35
prop_mo_dec=-481.32
parallax=72.95
p_error=0.83
absmag_v=3.03/10.7 Starbox detail
mass=1.3
radius=3.1
luminosity=6
temperature=5,100
metal=?
rotation=<16 km/s (uncertain)
(variable)
0,02689198551Year
age=? Starbox visbin
name=β Aql B
period=
axis=12.9
eccentricity=
inclination=6
node=
periastron=Starbox visbin
name=β Aql C
period=
axis=175
eccentricity=
inclination=348
node=
periastron= Starbox catalog
names=Alshain, Alschairn, 60 Aquilae, Gl 771, HR 7602, BD +06°4357, HD 188512, LHS 5350a, LTT 15822, GCTP 4705.00, SAO 125235, FK5 749, GC 27587, ADS 13110, CCDM 19553+0625, HIP 98036. Starbox reference
Simbad=HD+188512
ARICNS = 4C01607 Starbox reference
Simbad=ADS+13110Beta Aquilae (β Aql / β Aquilae) is a
star in theconstellation Aquila. It also has the traditional name Alshain from the Arabic term الشاهين "aš-šāhīn" "the (peregrine) falcon". This pseudo-Arabic name is derived from the Persian "Šāhīn tarāzū" (or possibly "Šāhīn tara zed"; see γ Aquilae), the Persian name for the asterism α, β and γ Aquilae. In Persian, "Šāhīn" means "royal falcon", "beam", and "pointer".Beta Aquilae has magnitude 3.71 and is of spectral class G8IV. It is approximately 44.7
light years fromEarth . It has a 12th magnitude companion, β Aquilae B, which is 13arcsecond s away on the sky.In Fiction
: See "Beta Aquilae in fiction".
Location
The star's location in the constellation of Aquila is shown in the following
External links
* [http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/aricns/cnspages/4c01607.htm ARICNS]
* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/alshain.html Beta Aquilae] by Professor Jim Kaler.
* [http://www.alcyone.de/cgi-bin/search.pl?object=HR7602 HR 7602]
* [http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinPreview?-c=NAME+ALSHAIN&ident=NAME+ALSHAIN&submit=Aladin+previewer Image β Aquilae]Components
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