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49 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:48 | Tran: 6:21 | Set: 15:49
Alt: 45.83°   Az: 93.35°   Direction: East

49 Cygni is a multiple bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cygnus.

49 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 49 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Cygni during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 42m 04s
+32° 23’ 55”
20h 18m 05s
17h 00m 10s

J2000

20h 41m 02s
+32° 18’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

73.96°
-5.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 49 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Bright giant

-1.45
G8II
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

49 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 49 Cygni double sysyem:

5.51
7.81
2.3
2.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Cygni is distant 804.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

246.91
804.94
-29 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO70362
SAO70362

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.6°
Max altitude: 70.9°
Azimuth: 302.4°