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Sunset: 20:47
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8 Cygni

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:52 | Tran: 4:52 | Set: 14:47
Alt: 30.53°   Az: 71.63°   Direction: East-North-East

8 Cygni is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Cygnus.

8 Cygni visual magnitude is 4.74. Because of its moderate brightness, 8 Cygni is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 8 Cygni star
DSS2 image of 8 Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Cygni during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 32m 42s
+34° 30’ 30”
18h 28m 58s
14h 01m 41s

J2000

19h 31m 46s
+34° 27’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

67.97°
7.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 8 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.74
Sub-giant

-1.68
B3IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Cygni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Cygni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Cygni is distant 626.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

192.31
626.92
-22 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO68447
SAO68447

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Cygni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.5°
Max altitude: 73.0°
Azimuth: 304.5°