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60 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 46.12°   Az: 291.54°   Direction: West-North-West

60 Cygni is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Cygnus.

60 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 60 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Cygni during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 02m 02s
+46° 15’ 13”
04h 35m 18s
01h 37m 20s

J2000

21h 01m 10s
+46° 09’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

87.15°
-0.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 60 Cygni star
Simplified finder chart for 60 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Main-sequence

-2.74
B1V
13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

60 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 60 Cygni double sysyem:

5.37
9.87
4.5
2.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Cygni is distant 1,364.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

418.41
1,364.02
-12 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50359
SAO50359

Visibility from Your Location

60 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 21:01 UTC (altitude: 84.8°)