Star profile

71 Cygni

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 71 Cygni

71 Cygni shines with the warm orange tone of K-type stars, in the constellation of the Swan that crosses the summer sky along the bright trail of the Milky Way. It lies some two hundred light-years away, close enough for its colour to be appreciated through binoculars. Its light departed two centuries ago, in the midst of the early industrial revolutions, and now reaches us as a serene point amid the bright knots of Cygnus.

Where it is and when to see it

71 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
From New York it culminates about 84° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 10° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 43° S.

It ranks no. 62 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 71 Cygni

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.22
Distance: 216.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 322.362° · Dec 46.541°
Catalogue: HIP 106093 · HD 204771

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Other stars in Cygnus

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