Altair

Fast-spinning nearby star in Aquila and one corner of the Summer Triangle. Its rapid rotation flattens the star and makes the equator cooler than the poles.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 97649
Distance
5.13 pc · 16.7 ly
Parallax
194.95 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
0.83
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
297.69° · 8.87°