X Cyg (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Seattle , X Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible around 21:30 (PDT) as the dusk sky fades, 61° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:47, 77° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:53, 34° above your western horizon.
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Name
X Cyg
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.40 (V) [1] 7.83 (BT) [1] 6.52 (VT) [1] 6.97 (G) [2] 7.04 (BP) [2] 5.98 (RP) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.11 |
| Right ascension: | 20h43m24s [2] |
| Declination: | +35°35'15" [2] |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.6 klyr [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 8.4 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 233.7° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.83 |