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48 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:07 | Tran: 11:27 | Set: 20:47
Alt: 52.65°   Az: 104.88°   Direction: East-South-East

48 Cygni is a multiple giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

48 Cygni visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, 48 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.

Image of 48 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 48 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Cygni during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 38m 33s
+31° 39’ 41”
21h 05m 48s
17h 44m 21s

J2000

20h 37m 31s
+31° 34’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

72.92°
-5.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 48 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Giant

-0.58
B8III
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

48 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 48 Cygni double sysyem:

6.32
6.42
0.1
180.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Cygni is distant 783.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

240.38
783.65
-19 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO70287
SAO70287

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.3°
Max altitude: 70.2°
Azimuth: 301.7°