P-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , P-Cyg is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:54 (PDT), 72° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:20, 86° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:23, when it sinks below 19° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
P-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h17m47s [4] |
| Declination: | +38°01'58" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.80 (V) [2] 5.22 (BT) [2] 4.84 (VT) [2] 4.57 (G) [4] 4.82 (BP) [4] 4.14 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 1.6 kpc 5.2 klyr [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.33 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 208.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -6.22 |
Sources