χ-Cyg (Star)

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

Show information for


From Cambridge , χ-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:56 (EDT), 65° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:51, 80° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:36, 24° above your north-western horizon.

Name χ-Cyg
Object type Star
Other names
χ-Cyg
Chi Cygni
HR 7564[1]
HD 187796
HIP 97629[3]
TYC 2673-4643-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2034702312280673792[4]
Position
Right ascension:19h50m33s [4]
Declination:+32°54'49" [4]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:
Variable
7.99 (V) [2]
9.65 (BT) [2]
8.13 (VT) [2]
6.20 (G) [4]
11.48 (BP) [4]
4.09 (RP) [4]
Distance:159.5 parsec
520.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.29
Proper motion (speed):47.8 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):210.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.98

Share