Magnitude 6.023 Apparent magnitude (V) 6.023 | Constellation Aquila | |
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Omega2 Aquilae (ω2 Aquilae, ω2 Aql) is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, the eagle. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.0, which is close to the lower limit of detectability with the naked eye. According to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, this star can be viewed from dark rural skies. As the Earth orbits about the Sun, this star undergoes a parallax shift of 12.27 mas. This is equivalent to a physical distance of 270 light-years (83 parsecs) from Earth, give or take a 10 light year margin of error.
Analysis of the spectrum of this star shows it to match a stellar classification of A2 V, indicating it is an A-type main sequence star. It is about double the size of the Sun. The outer atmosphere is radiating energy at an effective temperature of 8,936 K, giving it the white hue of an A-type star. Omega2 Aquilae is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 154 km/s.