44 Cygni

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:18 | Tran: 5:04 | Set: 15:46

Alt: 4.38° Az: 330.86° Direction: North-North-West

44 Cygni is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cygnus.

44 Cygni visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Cygni during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 31m 57s

Declination +37° 01’ 21”

Hour Angle 09h 30m 09s

Sidereal Time 06h 02m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 30m 59s

Declination +36° 56’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 76.44°

Galactic Latitude -1.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.24

Spectral Type F5I

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

44 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 44 Cygni double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.19

Secondary star magnitude 9.59

Magnitude difference 3.4

Separation 2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Cygni is distant 1,582.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 485.44

Distance (light year) 1,582.52

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 44 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD195593

SAO Catalogue SAO70135

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101214

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 4105

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS13949

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.0° RISE 18:18

Max altitude: 75.5° TRANSIT 5:04

Azimuth: 307.0° SET 15:46

Set Location

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