G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Cygnus X-1

1,941 lybrightness mag 8.84B0Ib

Also catalogued as HD 226868 · HIP 98298

5,501 K

temperature

8.84

apparent magnitude

89.78× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,941 years

at light speed from Earth

0.95×

as hot as the Sun

89.78×

the Sun's light output

-0.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Cygnus X-1G-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7502 →150 ly apart
HR 7699 →220 ly apart
HR 7767 →230 ly apart
HR 7556 →240 ly apart
Sadr →250 ly apart
HD 185435 →250 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 8.8To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.