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public  Sandiat Centro, Philippines Sandiat Centro, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:28 
Transit: 11:59 
Sunset: 18:30
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77 Cygni

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:13 | Tran: 2:13 | Set: 9:17
Alt: -23.42°   Az: 27.89°   Direction: North-North-East

77 Cygni is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

77 Cygni visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 77 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 77 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 77 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 77 Cygni during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 43m 24s
+41° 11’ 40”
14h 19m 08s
12h 02m 33s

J2000

21h 42m 22s
+41° 04’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

88.84°
-8.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 77 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Hypergiant

0.40
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 77 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 77 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

77 Cygni is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 77 Cygni double sysyem:

5.69
5.89
0.2
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

77 Cygni is distant 372.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

114.16
372.15
-25 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51207
SAO51207

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 77 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Sandiat Centro, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 48.8°
Max altitude: 65.9°
Azimuth: 311.2°