11 Cygni

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:45 | Tran: 2:30 | Set: 13:12

Alt: -0.26° Az: 13.57° Direction: South

11 Cygni is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

11 Cygni visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, 11 Cygni is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 11 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Cygni during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 36m 43s

Declination +37° 00’ 08”

Hour Angle 13h 08m 19s

Sidereal Time 08h 45m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 35m 48s

Declination +36° 56’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 70.58°

Galactic Latitude 7.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature 11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Cygni is distant 737.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 226.24

Distance (light year) 737.56

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 11 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD185037

SAO Catalogue SAO68552

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96387

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 3619

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.0° RISE 15:45

Max altitude: 75.5° TRANSIT 2:30

Azimuth: 307.0° SET 13:12

Set Location

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