Albireo (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Albireo is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:12 (PDT), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:20, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:33, 60° above your western horizon.

Name Albireo
Object type Star
Other names
Albireo
β¹-Cyg
Beta1 Cygni
6-Cyg
6 Cygni
HR 7417[1]
HD 183912
NSV 12105
HIP 95947[3]
TYC 2133-2964-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2026116260337482112[4]
Position
Right ascension:19h30m43s [4]
Declination:+27°57'34" [4]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:3.07 (V) [2]
4.44 (BT) [2]
3.19 (VT) [2]
2.65 (G) [4]
3.60 (BP) [4]
2.26 (RP) [4]
Distance:111.3 parsec
363.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.07
Proper motion (speed):12.2 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):156.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.24

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