72 Cygni
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 16.37°
Az: 312.53°
Direction: North-West
72 Cygni is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.
72 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, 72 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 72 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 72 Cygni during the next
1000 years (2.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.65 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 72 Cygni.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 72 Cygni.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 72 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 72 Cygni.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
72 Cygni is distant 255.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 66 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
72 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 21:38 UTC (altitude: 77.2°)