Zeta Aquilae

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**ζ Aquilae**
Observation data Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Aquila
Right ascension	19^h 05^m 24.6^s
Declination	+13° 51' 48"
Apparent magnitude (V)	+2.99
Distance	83.2 ± 1.5 ly (25.5 ± 0.5 pc)
Spectral type	A0Vn
Other designations
Deneb el Okab, Woo, Yuë, 17 Aquilae, HR 7235, HD 177724, NN 4095, BD+13°3899, FK5 716, HIP 93747, SAO 104461, GC 26270, ADS 12026, CCDM 19055+1352

Zeta Aquilae (ζ Aql / ζ Aquilae) is a triple star system in the constellation Aquila. It also has the traditional names Deneb el Okab, from an Arabic term ذنب العقاب ðanab al-^{c^uqāb} ^{meaning "the tail of the falcon", and the Mandarin names Woo and Yuë, derived from 吳 wú, an old state near Jiangsu province, and 粵 yuè, an old state in Guandong province. It shares these names with ε Aquilae.}

^{The primary component, ζ Aquilae A, is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +2.99. It has two 12th magnitude companions at 6.5 and 158.6 arcseconds from the primary. Zeta Aquilae is approximately 83.2 light years from Earth.}