ξ-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , ξ-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:05 (PDT), 37° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:40, 80° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:48, 52° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
ξ-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h04m55s [4] |
| Declination: | +43°55'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 3.70 (V) [2] 5.83 (BT) [2] 3.88 (VT) [2] 3.06 (G) [4] 4.10 (BP) [4] 2.36 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 352.6 parsec 1149.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.66 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 85.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -4.12 |
Sources