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Variable star

Its story

19 Cygni is a variable giant and visual double about 693 light-years away, deep in the body of the Swan. Its pair is split only by large-aperture telescopes; to the naked eye it looks like a single ruddy dot, and only under truly dark skies. It is closing in on the Sun at 39 km/s, while its brightness drifts softly around magnitude 5.2 —far too faint for any modern city.

Constellation: Cygnus
Apparent magnitude: 5.18
Distance: 692.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 297.642° · Dec 38.722°
Catalogue: HIP 97630 · HD 187849

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