2-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 2-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:41 (EDT), 55° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:26, 77° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 46° above your western horizon.
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Name
2-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 19h24m07s [2] |
| Declination: | +29°37'16" [2] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 4.97 (V) [2] 4.82 (BT) [2] 4.96 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 258.4 parsec 842.4 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.11 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.6 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 42.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.09 |
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