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30 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 28.76°   Az: 49.63°   Direction: North-East

30 Cygni is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

30 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, 30 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 30 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 30 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Cygni during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 14m 04s
+46° 53’ 29”
17h 11m 06s
13h 25m 10s

J2000

20h 13m 18s
+46° 48’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

82.71°
6.87°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 30 Cygni star
Simplified finder chart for 30 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Giant

-1.88
A5III
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

30 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 30 Cygni double sysyem:

4.83
5.83
1
337.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

30 Cygni is distant 716.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

219.78
716.48
-26 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO49332
SAO49332

Visibility from Your Location

30 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 20:17 UTC (altitude: 85.4°)