60 Cygni Star Facts

60 Cygni is a main sequence star located in the constellation of Cygnus, The Swan. 60 Cygni colour is blue, which means that the star is one of the hottest stars in the Universe, hotter than our star.

60 Cygni temperature is in the range of 10,000 to 30,000 Kelvin. 60 Cygni effective temperature is 19,885 Kelvin which is hotter than the Sun's effective temperature, which is 5,777 Kelvin. Based on a parallax of 2.14, 60 Cygni distance from Earth can be calculated at being 1,524.13 light years away or 418.41 parsecs.

60 Cygni is a naked-eye star, so you don't need a telescope or binoculars when you look up on a clear night. The lower the magnitude, the easier it will be to see it.

60 Cygni is a gamma cassiopeiae variable star. Variable stars are stars whose size and/or brightness changes over time. 60 Cygni brightness ranges from 5.373 (dimmest) to 5.318 over a period of 0.044 days.

Physical Properties

Spectral Type

60 Cygni spectral type of B1V which means its colour and type is blue main sequence star. There is no relationship between colour and size. For example, a red star can be large or small. Small stars are more energy efficient than larger stars and live longer.

60 Cygni Luminosity

Luminosity is the amount of energy a star pumps out relative to the amount that our star, the Sun, gives out. Our star, the Sun's value is 1. 60 Cygni Luminosity figure of 5,558.53 comes from the Vizier online catalogue. The star generates more energy than our star.

60 Cygni Surface Gravity

The Surface Gravity of 60 Cygni as measured in CGS (Centimeter-Gram-Second) is 3.714. The gravity has a relationship to its mass and radius. The larger the mass, the larger the gravity. 60 Cygni surface gravity has an uncertainty range of between - and +.

Location

60 Cygni location in sky is determined by the right ascension (R.A.) and declination (Dec.). These are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on Earth. The Right Ascension (Longitude) is expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) and is how far the star is along Earth's celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive, then it's eastwards and vice versa.

The Declination (Latitude) is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. If the value is positive, it is north of the celestial equator. For 60 Cygni, the location is 21h 01m 10.92 and +46° 09` 20.8 .

Based on the location of Cygnus, 60 Cygni can be located in the northern hemisphere of the celestial sky. The celestial hemisphere is equivalent to the hemispheres on Earth. 60 Cygni is north of the Ecliptic. The Ecliptic is the path that the Earth takes as it orbits the Sun. As the Earth is titled, we therefore have Celestial and Ecliptic hemispheres and they can be different for a star.

Magnitude (Apparent / Absolute / Visible)

A number represents a star’s magnitude, whether apparent/visual or absolute. The smaller the number, the brighter the star is. The Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.

60 Cygni apparent magnitude is 5.38, which is a measure of the star's brightness as seen from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude.

If you use the 1997 parallax value, 60 Cygni' absolute magnitude is -2.73. If you use the 2007 parallax value, 60 Cygni' absolute magnitude is -2.97. Absolute Magnitude is the star's apparent magnitude from 10 parsecs or 32.6 light years. The magnitude assumes nothing is between the object and the viewer, such as dust clouds. To compare different stars' actual brightness, you would best use Absolute rather than Apparent Magnitude.

60 Cygni is visible from Earth without needing binoculars or a telescope. The lower the Apparent Magnitude of a star or other object is, the easier it is to see in the night sky. An object with a magnitude greater than 6.5 cannot be seen without a telescope or other device.

60 Cygni Distance from Earth

60 Cygni distance from Earth is 1364.70 light-years away from Earth or 418.41 parsecs. If you want that in miles, it is about 8,022,560,046,783,672.567, based on 1 Ly = 5,878,625,373,183.61 miles. The distance is calculated using the parallax from the original Hipparcos data released in 1997 which is 2.39000.

In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 2.14000, which puts the 60 Cygni distance from Earth as 1524.13 light years or 467.29 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from Earth. It is purely that the distance was recalculated.

An Astronomical Unit is the distance between Earth and the Sun. The number of A.U. is the number of times that the star is from the Earth compared to the Sun. When you use the 2007 distance, 60 Cygni is roughly 96,384,809.693 Astronomical Units from the Earth/Sun give or take a few.

60 Cygni Galacto-Centric Distance is 7,392 Parsecs or 24,109.994 Light Years. The Galacto-Centric Distance is the distance from the 60 Cygni to the Centre of the Galaxy which is Sagittarius A*.

How long it will take to get to 60 Cygni

The time it takes to travel to 60 Cygni depends on how fast you are going. U.G. has done some calculations as to how long it will take to go at differing speeds. A note about the calculations, when I'm talking about years, I'm talking about non-leap years only (365 days).

The New Horizons space probe is the fastest one that we've sent into space at the time of writing. Its primary mission was to visit Pluto, which at the time of launch (2006), Pluto was still a planet.

Mach 1 is the speed of sound; Mach 2 is twice the speed. |Before retiring, Concorde was the fastest commercial aeroplane and the only passenger jet that could do Mach 2.

For some small screens, you may need to swipe the table to see the information. If you need an explanation, hover over the bold text. At methods are assuming you have unlimited fuel and travel at a constant speed.

Walking - 255,526,730,689.443
Car - 14,601,527,467.968
Airbus A380 - 1,388,732,232.008
Mach 1 - 1,332,136,346.911
Mach 2 - 754,879,558.905
New Horizons - 28,079,860.515
Speed of Light - 1,524.13

Variable Type

60 Cygni is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable type which means that its size changes over time. The Variable Type is usually named after the first star of that type to be discovered. 60 Cygni brightness ranges from a magnitude of 5.373 to a magnitude of 5.318 over its variable period. The smaller the magnitude, the brighter the star. Its variable/pulsating period lasts for 0.0440 days.

Radial Velocity and Proper Motion

In simplistic terms, all non-rogue stars, like planets, orbit around a central object, although that is actually not true. Where is the centre of the Solar System. For simplicity it's the central star, such as the Sun. In the case of a star, it's the galactic centre. The constellations we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now.

Proper motion details the movements of these stars and is measured in milliarcseconds. 60 Cygni is moving 3.15 ± 0.29 milliarcseconds/year towards the north and 6.98 ± 0.37 milliarcseconds/year east if we saw them in the horizon.

The radial velocity, the speed at which the 60 Cygni is towards the Sun, is -11.60000 km/s with an error of about 4.20 km/s . When the value is negative, the star and the Sun are getting closer to one another; likewise, a positive number means that two stars are moving away. It's nothing to fear as the stars are so far apart they won't collide in our lifetime, if ever.

60 Cygni Fact List

Any red fact description is not peer reviewed; it is estimated using other pieces of facts, e.g. temperature if in red is based on the colour of the star.

General Facts Primary Name 60 Cygni Alternative Names HD 200310, TYC 3588-12112-1, HIP 103732, HR 8053, 60 Cyg, BD +45 3364, V1931 Cyg, UCAC3 273-206486, 2MASS J21011093-4609208 Spectral Type B1V Star Type Be Star Colour blue Galaxy Milky Way Constellation Cygnus Main Star No Absolute Magnitude -2.73 / -2.97 Visual / Apparent Magnitude 5.38 Visible From Earth Yes Right Ascension (R.A.) 21h 01m 10.92 Declination (Dec.) +46° 09` 20.8 Galactic Latitude -0.10282154 ° Galactic Longitude 87.15481454 ° 1997 Distance from Earth 2.39000 Parallax (milliarcseconds) 1364.70 Light Years 418.41 Parsecs 2007 Distance from Earth 2.14000 Parallax (milliarcseconds) 1524.13 Light Years 467.29 Parsecs 96,384,809.693 Astronomical Units Galacto-Centric Distance 24,109.994 Light Years / 7,392 Parsecs Proper Motion Dec. 3.15000 ± 0.29000 milliarcseconds/year Proper Motion RA. 6.98000 ± 0.37000 milliarcseconds/year B-V Index -0.2 Radial Velocity -11.60000 ± 4.2 km/s Eccentricity 0.05930 Semi-Major Axis 7637.0000000 Luminosity (Lsun) 5558.5300000 Effective Temp. (Kelvin) 19,885 Surface Gravity (cgs) 3.714 Variable Star Class Eruptive Variable Star Type Gamma Cassiopeiae Mean Variability Period in Days 0.044 Variable Magnitude Range 5.318 - 5.373 Sources and Links SIMBAD Source Link Source Simbad, Vizier, Vizier,

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