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Altair

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Noun

1. altair

double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation

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Altair

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noun
the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. Visual magnitude: 0.77; spectral type: A7V; distance: 16.8 light years

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Altair

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noun
the brightest star in the constellation Aquila: magnitude, 0.77
see also summer triangle

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Altair

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n.
A very bright, variable binary star in the constellation Aquila, approximately 15.7 light years from Earth. Altair is one of the stars that make up the Summer Triangle.

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