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Deneb
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alpha Cygni, 50 Cygni, α Cygni, α Cyg, 50 Cyg, HD 197345, HIP 102098, HR 7924
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Deneb is a bright blue supergiant star located in the constellation Cygnus that ranks as the 19th brightest star visible from Earth. It holds significance as a key landmark in the night sky, forming one corner of the asterism called the Summer Triangle and marking the "head" of the Northern Cross pattern.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- star
- Part of
- Northern Cross
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Distance from Earth
- 1640
- Radius
- 203
- Mass
- 21
- Variable-star type
- Alpha Cygni variable
- Image
- Deneb Sun comparison.svg
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- catalog code
- UBV M 25099
- Commons category
- Deneb
- spectral class
- A2p
- apparent magnitude
- 0.88
- metallicity
- 0.23
- parallax
- 2.31
- absolute magnitude
- -6.9
- luminosity
- 210000
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- Deneb
- right ascension
- 310.357979753
- declination
- 45.280338807
- effective temperature
- 8000
- radial velocity
- -6.8
- epoch
- J2000.0
- stellar rotational velocity
- 43.0
- surface gravity
- 13.5
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 2
- declination component of proper motion
- 2
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Article · Nederlands
Deneb (alpha Cygni) is de helderste ster in het sterrenbeeld Zwaan (Cygnus) en is een van de drie sterren van de zomerdriehoek. De ster staat ook bekend als Deneb Cygni (d.i. Staart van de Zwaan), Deneb el Adige, Arided, Aridif, Gallina en Arrioph. Deneb is een van de heldere sterren van de hemel.
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