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  2. Cygnus (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The fifth star in Cygnus above magnitude 3 is Aljanah, [23] designated ε Cygni. It is an orange-hued giant star of magnitude 2.5, 72 light-years from Earth. [25] [26] There are several other dimmer double and binary stars in Cygnus. μ Cygni is a binary star with an optical tertiary component. The binary system has a period of 790 years and is ...

  3. List of stars in Cygnus - Wikipedia

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    Bessel's Star; BY Draconis variable; 14th nearest star system 71 Cyg: g: 71: 204771: 106093: 21 h 29 m 26.91 s ... List of stars in Cygnus. 21 languages ...

  4. KIC 9832227 - Wikipedia

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    KIC 9832227 is a contact binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, located about 2,060 light-years away. It is also identified as an eclipsing binary with an orbital period of almost 11 hours.

  5. 61 Cygni - Wikipedia

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    61 Cygni / ˈ s ɪ ɡ n i / is a binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a pair of K-type dwarf stars that orbit each other in a period of about 659 years. Of apparent magnitude 5.20 and 6.05, respectively, they can be seen with binoculars in city skies or with the naked eye in rural areas without light pollution.

  6. SU Cygni - Wikipedia

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    SU Cygni is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus, abbreviated SU Cyg. The primary component of the system is a classical Cepheid variable with a period of 3.84559 days. The changing luminosity of this star causes the system to vary in brightness from a peak apparent visual magnitude of 6.44 down to magnitude 7.22 over ...

  7. 16 Cygni - Wikipedia

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    16 Cygni or 16 Cyg is a triple star system approximately 69 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It consists of two Sun-like yellow dwarf stars, 16 Cygni A and 16 Cygni B, together with a red dwarf, 16 Cygni C. In 1996 an extrasolar planet was discovered in an eccentric orbit around 16 Cygni B.

  8. Nu Cygni - Wikipedia

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    Nu Cygni, Latinized from ν Cygni, is a binary star [8] system in the constellation Cygnus. Its apparent magnitude is 3.94 [ 2 ] and it is approximately 374 light years away based on parallax. [ 1 ] The brighter component is a magnitude 4.07 A-type giant star with a stellar classification of A0III n, [ 3 ] where the 'n' indicates broad ...

  9. Kepler-35 - Wikipedia

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    Kepler-35 is a binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus. These stars, called Kepler-35A and Kepler-35B have masses of 89% and 81% solar masses respectively, and both are assumed to be of spectral class G. They are separated by 0.176 AU, and complete an eccentric orbit around a common center of mass every 20.73 days. [5]