Star profile

74 Cygni

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What is 74 Cygni

74 Cygni is a white A-type star in the Swan, that vast cross diving into the summer Milky Way. Hot, young and luminous, it shines from 215 light-years away in an almost silvery tone. Cygnus is crowded with famous stars, so 74 Cygni is one of those you find by drifting from the neck toward the wings. Its light set out around 1810, in the thick of the Napoleonic era.

Where it is and when to see it

74 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 79° up.
From New York it culminates about 90° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 16° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 50° S.

It ranks no. 49 in brightness among the 137 stars of Cygnus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 74 Cygni

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.04
Distance: 214.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 324.237° · Dec 40.414°
Catalogue: HIP 106711 · HD 205835

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Other stars in Cygnus

Cygnus has 137 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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