56 Cygni

56 Cygni
Location of 56 Cygni (circled) in front of the Pelican Nebula
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 20h 50m 04.93165s
Declination +44° 03′ 33.4916″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.06
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A6 V
B−V color index 0.198±0.002
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.5±3.5 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +123.197 mas/yr
Dec.: +132.062 mas/yr
Parallax (π)24.2284±0.0747 mas
Distance134.6 ± 0.4 ly
(41.3 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.00
Details
Mass1.89 M☉
Radius1.92 R☉
Luminosity12.8 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.15±0.07 cgs
Temperature7,895±127 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)73 km/s
Age394 Myr
Other designations
56 Cyg, BD+43°3739, FK5 3666, HD 198639, HIP 102843, HR 7984, SAO 50121, WDS J20501+4404
Database references
SIMBADdata

56 Cygni is a single star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, located 135 light years from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye as a white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.06. The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21.5. It has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at an angular rate of 0.181″/yr. According to Eggen (1998), this is a member of the Hyades Supercluster.

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A6 V. Cowley et al. (1969) classified it as a Delta Delphini star, which is a type of suspected Am star. The star is around 394 million years old with a projected rotational velocity of 73 km/s. It has 1.9 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 13 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,895 K.

56 Cygni has a visual companion: a magnitude 11.9 star at an angular separation of 55.4″ along a position angle of 48°, as of 2015.

References

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