74 Cygni

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:16 | Tran: 2:00 | Set: 8:48

Alt: 33.61° Az: 49.80° Direction: North-East

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

Right Ascension 21h 37m 58s

Declination +40° 31’ 44”

Hour Angle 20h 12m 42s

Sidereal Time 17h 50m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 36m 56s

Declination +40° 24’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 87.62°

Galactic Latitude -8.76°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.01

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.00

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature 8321K

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.

Distance (parsec) 63.33

Distance (light year) 206.46

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 74 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD205835

SAO Catalogue SAO51101

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106711

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+39 4612

FK5 Catalogue 811

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 74 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Bonga, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 49.5° RISE 19:16

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 2:00

Azimuth: 310.5° SET 8:48

Name:	Bonga, Philippines
Latitude:	13° 13' 0.1" N
Longitude:	123° 32' 60.0" E
Timezone:	Asia/Manila

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