36 Cygni

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:26 | Tran: 3:13 | Set: 13:56

Alt: -1.15° Az: 6.56° Direction: South-West

36 Cygni is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

36 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 36 Cygni is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 36 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Cygni during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 19m 25s

Declination +37° 04’ 50”

Hour Angle 12h 32m 54s

Sidereal Time 08h 52m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 18m 28s

Declination +37° 00’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 75.05°

Galactic Latitude 0.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.70

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Cygni is distant 194.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 59.67

Distance (light year) 194.51

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD193369

SAO Catalogue SAO69803

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP100108

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 3998

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.9° RISE 16:26

Max altitude: 75.6° TRANSIT 3:13

Azimuth: 307.1° SET 13:56

Set Location

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