74 Cygni
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 60.32°
Az: 264.43°
Direction: West
74 Cygni is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cygnus.
74 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, 74 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.
DSS2 image of 74 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 74 Cygni during the next
10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 74 Cygni.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 74 Cygni.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 74 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 74 Cygni.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
74 Cygni is distant 206.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
74 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 20:22 UTC (altitude: 79.0°)