Albireo (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Albireo is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:16 (EST) – 5 hours and 21 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 43° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:35.
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Name
Albireo
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.07 (V)[2] 4.44 (BT)[2] 3.19 (VT)[2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.07 |
| Right Ascension: | 19h30m43s [2] |
| Declination: | +27°57'34" [2] |
| Distance: | 118.2 parsec 385.3 lightyrs [1] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 2.6 mas/yr [1] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 197.7° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -2.29 |