Deneb (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , Deneb is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:12 (PDT), 68° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:45, 78° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:56, when it sinks below 12° above your north-western horizon.

Name Deneb
Object type Star
Other names
Deneb
α-Cyg
Alpha Cygni
50-Cyg
50 Cygni
HR 7924[1]
HD 197345
HIP 102098[5]
TYC 3574-3347-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:20h41m25s [3]
Declination:+45°16'49" [3]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:
Variable
1.33 (V) [3]
1.47 (BT) [2]
1.34 (VT) [2]
Distance:432.9 parsec
1411.3 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.11
Proper motion (speed):2.7 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):47.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-6.85

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