Deneb (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Deneb is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:43 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 69° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:31, 83° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:14, when it sinks below 12° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Deneb
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.33 (V) [2] 1.47 (BT) [1] 1.34 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.11 |
| Right ascension: | 20h41m25s [2] |
| Declination: | +45°16'49" [2] |
| Distance: | 432.9 parsec 1411.3 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 2.7 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 47.4° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -6.85 |
Visibility from Ashburn
All times shown in Ashburn local time.