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32 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 15.30°   Az: 27.21°   Direction: North-North-East

32 Cygni is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cygnus.

32 Cygni visual magnitude is 3.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 32 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 32 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 32 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 32 Cygni during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 16m 14s
+47° 47’ 33”
14h 44m 07s
11h 00m 21s

J2000

20h 15m 28s
+47° 42’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

83.67°
7.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 32 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.98
Supergiant

-3.68
K3I
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 32 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 32 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

32 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 32 Cygni double sysyem:

3.98
9.48
5.5
208.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

32 Cygni is distant 1,108.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

340.14
1,108.84
-14 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO49385
SAO49385

Visibility from Your Location

32 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 10:33 UTC (altitude: 86.3°)