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63 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 23.80°   Az: 41.85°   Direction: North-East

63 Cygni is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cygnus.

63 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.55. Because of its moderate brightness, 63 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 63 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 63 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Cygni during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 07m 27s
+47° 44’ 55”
16h 20m 50s
13h 28m 17s

J2000

21h 06m 36s
+47° 38’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

88.88°
0.2°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 63 Cygni star
Simplified finder chart for 63 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.55
Supergiant

-2.84
K4I
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

63 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 63 Cygni double sysyem:

4.55
12.85
8.3
15.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

63 Cygni is distant 981.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

301.20
981.93
-26 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO50456
SAO50456

Visibility from Your Location

63 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 19:51 UTC (altitude: 86.3°)