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Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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59 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:09 | Tran: 2:54 | Set: 12:39
Alt: 32.79°   Az: 52.16°   Direction: North-East

59 Cygni is a variable and multiple star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Cygnus.

59 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.74. Because of its moderate brightness, 59 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 59 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 59 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Cygni during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 00m 41s
+47° 37’ 18”
18h 39m 46s
15h 40m 28s

J2000

20h 59m 49s
+47° 31’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

88.03°
0.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 59 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.74

-2.95
B1
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

59 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 59 Cygni double sysyem:

4.74
9.14
4.4
20.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Cygni is distant 1,124.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

344.83
1,124.14
1 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50335
SAO50335

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 42.4°
Max altitude: 79.8°
Azimuth: 317.6°