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20 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 18.56°   Az: 338.74°   Direction: North-North-West

20 Cygni is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cygnus.

20 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 20 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.

Image of 20 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 20 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Cygni during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 51m 15s
+53° 03’ 11”
09h 40m 26s
05h 31m 41s

J2000

19h 50m 37s
+52° 59’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

86.23°
13.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 20 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Giant

1.18
K3III
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Cygni is distant 192.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

58.96
192.22
-20 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO32042
SAO32042

Visibility from Your Location

20 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 09:52 UTC (altitude: 88.4°)