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Altair

star in the constellation Aquila
Place star Q12975
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Summary

Altair is a star[1]. Altair ranks in the top 0.21% of star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,135 views/month, #3 of 1,417).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: double star[3], near-infrared source[4], ultraviolet source[5]
  • Constellation: Aquila[6]
  • Spectral class: A7Vn[7]
  • Part of: G-Cloud[8], Summer Triangle[9]
  • Commons category: Altair[10]
  • Catalog code: SAO 125122[11], 2MASS J19504698+0852060[12], GSC 01058-03399[13], HD 187642[14], HIP 97649[15], HR 7557[16], IRAS 19483+0844[17], GJ 768[18], α Aql[19], ADS 13009 A[20], 1ES 1948+08.7[21], 1RXS J195047.0+085159[22], ASCC 1075038[23], BD+08 4236[24]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Local Interstellar Cloud[25]
  • Type of variable star: Delta Scuti variable[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Altair[27]
  • Flattening: 0.2[28]
  • Apparent magnitude: 0.76[29], 1.07[30], 0.98[31], 0.62[32], 0.49[33], 0.35[34], 0.24[35]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[38], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[39]

Why It Matters

Altair has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Altair is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 Parsecs: The Northern Sample. I.. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . iopscience.iop.org. iopscience.iop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Altair
    Spectral class → A7Vn
    Metallicity → {'amount': '+7.94'}
    Type of variable star → Delta Scuti variable
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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