56-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 56-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:43 (EDT), 44° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:00, 87° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:11, 65° above your western horizon.
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Name
56-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h50m05s [4] |
| Declination: | +44°03'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 5.05 (V) [2] 5.29 (BT) [2] 5.07 (VT) [2] 5.01 (G) [4] 5.11 (BP) [4] 4.84 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 41.3 parsec 134.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.18 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 180.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 43.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.98 |
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