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22 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 29.55°   Az: 64.01°   Direction: East-North-East

22 Cygni is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

22 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, 22 Cygni is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 22 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 22 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Cygni during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 56m 46s
+38° 33’ 19”
18h 02m 35s
13h 59m 21s

J2000

19h 55m 51s
+38° 29’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

73.9°
5.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 22 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Sub-giant

-2.90
B5IV
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Cygni is distant 1,202.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

369.00
1,202.95
-30 km/s
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO69101
SAO69101

Visibility from Your Location

22 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 04:16 UTC (altitude: 77.1°)