20 Cygni

Altitude: 87.3° Azimuth: 54.2° Direction: North-East

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

20 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its reltive faintness, 20 Cygni should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 20 Cygni:

Color of 20 Cygni ⬤

Magnitude of 20 Cygni 5.03

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

20 Cygni is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 87.3°
Azimuth: 54.2°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 20 Cygni

20 Cygni is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 20 Cygni are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 19h 50m 37s

Declination J2000 +52° 59’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 86.23°

Galactic Latitude 13.14°

Constellation Cygnus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 20 Cygni in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 20 Cygni.

Visibility of 20 Cygni from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

20 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 02:41 UTC (altitude: 88.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 20 Cygni

The image below is a photograph of 20 Cygni from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 20 Cygni is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.068 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 20 Cygni from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 58.96 pc

Distance (light year) 192.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.068 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 20 Cygni

20 Cygni belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.18

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature of 20 Cygni 4158K

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

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

Alternative designations of 20 Cygni

Flamsteed designation 20 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188056

SAO Catalogue SAO32042

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97635

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+52 2547

FK5 Catalogue 3586

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 12481

In Evidence

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