page_title: Gamma Aquilae
section_title: Properties
hierarchical_section_title: Gamma Aquilae / Properties
caption_attribution_description: English: Position of Tarazed (mag 2.7) relative to Altair (mag 0.8 at center). Compare to Wikisky version.
context_page_description: Gamma Aquilae, formally known as Tarazed, is a star in the constellation of Aquila. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.712, making it readily visible to the naked eye at night. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 395 light-years from the Sun.
context_section_description: Gamma Aquilae is a relatively young star with an age of about 100 million years. Nevertheless, it has reached a stage of its evolution where it has consumed the hydrogen at its core and expanded into what is termed a bright giant star, with a stellar classification of K3 II. The star is now burning helium into carbon in its core. After it has finished generating energy through nuclear fusion, Gamma Aquilae will become a white dwarf.
  The interferometry-measured angular diameter of Gamma Aquilae is 7.271±0.073 mas, which, at its estimated distance, equates to a physical radius of about 95 times the radius of the Sun. With almost six times the Sun's mass, this is an enormous star that is radiating over 2500 times the luminosity of the Sun. An effective temperature of 4210 K in its outer envelope gives it the orange hue typical of K-type stars.
  A 1991 catalogue of photometry reported that Gamma Aquilae showed some variation in its brightness, but this has not been confirmed.
caption: Position of γ Aquilae relative to Altair (center)
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