8-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 8-Cyg is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:54 (EDT), 80° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:22, 82° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:40, when it sinks below 19° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
8-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h31m46s [4] |
| Declination: | +34°27'10" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 4.72 (V) [2] 4.55 (BT) [2] 4.71 (VT) [2] 4.70 (G) [4] 4.63 (BP) [4] 4.81 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 236.1 parsec 769.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 163.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.14 |
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