Star profile
47 Cygni
Highly luminous starWhat is 47 Cygni
47 Cygni is an orange supergiant lost among the Swan's feathers, about 2,760 light-years away. Its light, already ancient by the time it reaches our telescopes, travelled for centuries before crossing paths with Earth. A luminous K-type star —vast, cool at the surface, yet able to outshine hundreds of suns when measured by sheer power.
Where it is and when to see it
47 Cygni lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 47 Cygni
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.61
- Distance
- 2764.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 308.476° · Dec 35.251°
- Catalogue
- HIP 101474 · HD 196093
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Other stars in Cygnus
Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DenebAlpha Cygni1.25
- SadrGamma Cygni2.23
- AljanahEpsilon Cygni2.48
- Theta Cygni4.49
- Lambda Cygni4.53
- 63 Cygni4.56
- Phi Cygni4.68
- AzelfafagePi 1 Cygni4.69