52 Cygni

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:27 | Tran: 5:42 | Set: 14:53

Alt: 43.94° Az: 266.08° Direction: West

52 Cygni is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cygnus.

52 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.22. Because of its moderate brightness, 52 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.

DSS2 image of 52 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Cygni during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 46m 42s

Declination +30° 48’ 48”

Hour Angle 03h 47m 05s

Sidereal Time 00h 33m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 45m 39s

Declination +30° 43’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 73.3°

Galactic Latitude -7.63°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.22

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.22

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

52 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 52 Cygni double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.22

Secondary star magnitude 9.22

Magnitude difference 5

Separation 6.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Cygni is distant 205.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.13

Distance (light year) 205.81

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 52 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD197912

SAO Catalogue SAO70467

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP102453

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 4167

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS14259

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.2° RISE 20:27

Max altitude: 69.3° TRANSIT 5:42

Azimuth: 300.8° SET 14:53

Set Location

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