Star · Blue-white · Cygnus

Delta Cygni

18 Cyg · HIP 97165

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 20:20 · southwest · 82°

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Where is Delta Cygni?

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Look southwest, about 82° up at 20:20 in Cygnus.

From London tonight, Delta Cygni is above the horizon all night. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the southwest at 82°.

At magnitude 2.9 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Delta Cygni looks blue-white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is A0IV: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

A blue-white point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its blue-white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Delta Cygni is a star in Cygnus, shining at magnitude 2.9. Its spectral type, A0IV, marks it as: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

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