How to Use Altair in a Sentence

Altair

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• Observers will be able to spot it a third of the way between bright stars Altair and Deneb.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
• Also like Vega, Altair is about twice the mass and radius of the sun.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Next, sweep your binoculars between Altair and Vega with a pair of binoculars.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• The lowest of the three stars in the Summer Triangle is Altair, the 12th brightest star in the night sky.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Further southwards, towards the horizon and to the right of Vega is Altair, the eye of Aquila, the Eagle.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Vega, Deneb and Altair make a right triangle with the right angle at Deneb, this is called the Summer Triangle.
  — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Altair, the lowest point of the triangle, can be found twinkling to the left of the Milky Way in the constellation Aquila, high above the southern horizon after sunset in August.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• The Summer Triangle—formed by the bright stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb—is a prominent asterism that lies along the Milky Way's path.
  — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Before Altair, Brown held senior finance roles at NortonLifeLock, Symantec, Blue Coat, Brocade, NETGEAR, and KPMG.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025