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75 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 77.69°   Az: 125.68°   Direction: South-West

75 Cygni is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Cygnus.

75 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, 75 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 75 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 75 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Cygni during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 41m 11s
+43° 23’ 25”
23h 04m 51s
20h 46m 02s

J2000

21h 40m 11s
+43° 16’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

90°
-7.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 75 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Giant

-0.36
M1III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

75 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 75 Cygni double sysyem:

5.11
9.31
4.2
57.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

75 Cygni is distant 404.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

124.07
404.47
-28 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51167
SAO51167

Visibility from Your Location

75 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 03:34 UTC (altitude: 81.9°)