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76 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 9.11°   Az: 329.74°   Direction: North-North-West

76 Cygni is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Cygnus.

76 Cygni visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 76 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 76 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 76 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 76 Cygni during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 42m 34s
+40° 55’ 08”
09h 15m 14s
06h 57m 48s

J2000

21h 41m 34s
+40° 48’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

88.54°
-9.06°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 76 Cygni star
Simplified finder chart for 76 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Main-sequence

0.38
A2V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 76 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 76 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

76 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 76 Cygni double sysyem:

6.11
10.11
4
62.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

76 Cygni is distant 455.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

139.66
455.31
3 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51189
SAO51189

Visibility from Your Location

76 Cygni is circumpolar and transits at 20:18 UTC (altitude: 79.4°)