8 Cygni

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:17 | Tran: 19:13 | Set: 5:12

Alt: 10.72° Az: 313.47° Direction: North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 19h 32m 41s

Declination +34° 30’ 25”

Hour Angle 08h 00m 19s

Sideral Time 03h 33m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 31m 46s

Declination +34° 27’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 67.97°

Galactic Latitude 7.44°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 8 Cygni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.74

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -1.68

Spectral Type B3IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

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

Distance (parsec) 192.31

Distance (light year) 626.92

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Cygni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD184171

SAO Catalogue SAO68447

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96052

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 3590

FK5 Catalogue 1510

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° RISE 9:17

Max altitude: 73.0° TRANSIT 19:13

Azimuth: 304.5° SET 5:12

Set Location

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