K-type star · orange dwarf

61 Cyg

11.4 lybrightness mag 5.20K5V

Also catalogued as HR 8085 · HD 201091 · HIP 104214 · Gliese Gl 820A

4,583 K

temperature

5.20

apparent magnitude

0.09× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

11 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

0.09×

the Sun's light output

7.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

61 CygK-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

61 Cyg →0.038 ly apart
Kruger 60 →5.2 ly apart
Ross 248 →5.6 ly apart
Struve 2398 B →6.0 ly apart
Struve 2398 A →6.1 ly apart
Groombridge 34 →7.1 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cygnus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.