τ-Cyg (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , τ-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:56 (EDT), 52° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:18, 85° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:36, 41° above your western horizon.

Name τ-Cyg
Object type Star
Other names
τ-Cyg
Tau Cygni
65-Cyg
65 Cygni
HR 8130[1]
HD 202444
HIP 104887[3]
TYC 3169-3876-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:21h14m47s [2]
Declination:+38°02'43" [2]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:
Variable
3.74 (V) [2]
4.20 (BT) [2]
3.78 (VT) [2]
Distance:20.3 parsec
66.3 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.36
Proper motion (speed):455.1 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):25.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.20

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