ζ-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ζ-Cyg is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:36 (EDT), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:31, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:52, when it sinks below 16° above your north-western horizon.
Name
ζ-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Position
Right ascension: | 21h12m56s [2] |
Declination: | +30°13'36" [2] |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Magnitude: | 3.20 (V) [2] 4.45 (BT) [2] 3.30 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 43.9 parsec 143.0 lightyrs [3] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
Proper motion (speed): | 68.5 mas/yr[3] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 174.5° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -0.01 |
Sources