34 Cygni

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:28 | Tran: 21:45 | Set: 9:06

Alt: 8.67° Az: 324.18° Direction: North-West

34 Cygni is a variable star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

34 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.81. Because of its moderate brightness, 34 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.

DSS2 image of 34 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Cygni during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 18m 41s

Declination +38° 06’ 39”

Hour Angle 08h 50m 38s

Sideral Time 05h 09m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 17m 47s

Declination +38° 01’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 75.83°

Galactic Latitude 1.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 34 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.81

Class

Absolute magnitude -6.61

Spectral Type B2

Color Index (B-V) 0.42

Temperature 6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

34 Cygni is distant 6,269.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,923.08

Distance (light year) 6,269.23

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 34 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD193237

SAO Catalogue SAO69773

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP100044

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 3871

General Catalogue of Variable Stars P Cyg

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 34 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.9° RISE 10:28

Max altitude: 76.6° TRANSIT 21:45

Azimuth: 308.1° SET 9:06

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Cygnus