σ-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , σ-Cyg is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 18:14 (EST), 26° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 32 minutes after the Sun at 21:38 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 03:20 – 3 hours and 43 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 19° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:55.
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Name
σ-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h17m24s [4] |
| Declination: | +39°23'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.24 (V) [2] 4.34 (BT) [2] 4.25 (VT) [2] 4.18 (G) [4] 4.25 (BP) [4] 4.00 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 853.9 parsec 2783.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 176.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.42 |
Sources