The star 17-Cyg
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , 17-Cyg is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:54 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 79° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:27, 82° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:39, when it sinks below 19° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
17-Cyg
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.01 (V) [1] 5.55 (BT) [1] 5.06 (VT) [1] 4.84 (G) [2] 5.14 (BP) [2] 4.51 (RP) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.42 |
| Right ascension: | 19h46m25s [2] |
| Declination: | +33°43'32" [2] |
| Distance: | 20.9 parsec 68.1 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 448.2 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 177.1° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.41 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.