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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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η Cygni (eta Cygni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:39 | Tran: 4:49 | Set: 14:54
Alt: 63.66°   Az: 243.00°   Direction: West-South-West

η Cygni is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cygnus.

η Cygni visual magnitude is 3.89. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Cygni (eta Cygni) star
DSS2 image of η Cygni. The red arrow shows the motion of η Cygni during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 57m 15s
+35° 09’ 08”
01h 55m 39s
21h 52m 54s

J2000

19h 56m 18s
+35° 04’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

71.02°
3.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Cygni (eta Cygni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.89
Hypergiant

0.74
K0III
4695K

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

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

Star System Properties

η 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 η Cygni double sysyem:

3.89
11.59
7.7
46 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Cygni is distant 139.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

42.74
139.32
-27 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

η Cygni
(eta Cygni)
SAO69116
SAO69116

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 54.8°
Max altitude: 73.7°
Azimuth: 305.2°