- Stars with a name
- Alshain
Alshain
β Aquilae
Alshain is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Aquila. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1981.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in July, August, September, and October.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.71.
What it’s like
It gives off 5.4 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,100 degrees.
It is 44.7 light years away: 423 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1981: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.