51-Cyg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , 51-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:36 (EDT), 58° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:32, 38° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
51-Cyg
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h42m12s [2] |
| Declination: | +50°20'24" [2] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 5.39 (V) [2] 5.26 (BT) [2] 5.38 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 390.6 parsec 1273.4 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 2.7 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 46.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.56 |
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