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41 Cygni

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:55 | Tran: 11:03 | Set: 20:10
Alt: -7.99°   Az: 356.55°   Direction: North

41 Cygni is a variable bright giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

41 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.01. Because of its moderate brightness, 41 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 41 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 41 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Cygni during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 30m 25s
+30° 27’ 13”
11h 44m 09s
08h 14m 35s

J2000

20h 29m 23s
+30° 22’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

70.91°
-5.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 41 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.01
Bright giant

-2.82
F5II
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

41 Cygni is distant 758.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

232.56
758.14
-18 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO70095
SAO70095

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.5°
Max altitude: 69.0°
Azimuth: 300.5°