The star ι-Cyg
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , ι-Cyg is visible all night. It will become visible around 20:14 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 76° above your northern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:41, 77° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:20, when it sinks below 17° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
ι-Cyg
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 3.76 (V) [1] 3.94 (BT) [1] 3.77 (VT) [1] 3.66 (G) [2] 3.88 (BP) [2] 3.59 (RP) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.14 |
| Right ascension: | 19h29m42s [2] |
| Declination: | +51°43'49" [2] |
| Distance: | 37.0 parsec 120.5 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 129.1 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 8.9° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.92 |