Alshain

HR 7602 · HIP 98036 · β Aql

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.71 mag
Parallax: 73 mas → about 44.7 light-years away
Spectral type: G8IVvar
Right ascension: 298.8283°
Declination: 6.4068°
Designation: HR 7602
Bayer designation: β Aql
HIP number: 98036
IAU name adopted: 2016-08-21
Name language: Persian
Name origin (IAU): Applied in recent times (with a misreading in the second word) from abbreviating the Persian asterism name shahin-i tarazu, "the Scale Beam," for α, β and γ Aql. The Persian name, in turn, was a medieval translation of these stars' pre-Islamic Arabian name al-mizan, "the Balance" (said to be a popular name for the pre-Islamic Arabians al-nasr al-ti'ir listed under α Aql).

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 45 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1981 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.7 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 6.4° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.