61 Cygni /ˈsɪɡni/ is a binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a pair of K-type dwarf stars that orbit each other in a period of...
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Draconis (K0 V) Epsilon Eridani (K2 V) 61 Cygni A (K5 V) Other primary MK standard stars include: 70 Ophiuchi A (K0 V), 107 Piscium (K1 V) HD 219134 (K3...
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Binary star (section A and B)
Cygnus, composed of two K class (orange) main-sequence stars, 61 Cygni A and 61 Cygni B, which is known for its large proper motion), Procyon (the brightest...
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a few years after the first successful measurement of the distance to a star other than the Sun, by Friedrich Bessel in 1838. The star was 61 Cygni,...
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million inhabited planets in the Galaxy". 61 Cygni A star system advanced by Lord Dorwin as the potential site for a planet of origin for the human species...
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Deneb (redirect from Alpha Cygni)
consisting of Deneb, Gamma Cygni, Delta Cygni, 30 Cygni, Nu Cygni, Tau Cygni, Upsilon Cygni, Zeta Cygni and Epsilon Cygni. Consequently, the Chinese name...
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association, NML Cygni, is one of the largest stars currently known. The constellation is also home to Cygnus X-1, a distant X-ray binary containing a supergiant...
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus 61 Ursae Majoris is located about 31.1 light-years from the Sun. [1] 61 Cygni was christened the "Flying Star" in...
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This is a list of high-proper motion stars. There is no specific velocity that is considered high, but the proper motion article notes that the majority...
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Bibcode:2019A&A...623A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834371. S2CID 119491061. This PMa offset between 61 Cyg A and B points at the possible presence of a third...
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Albireo (redirect from Beta Cygni A)
Albireo /ælˈbɪrioʊ/ is a binary star designated Beta Cygni (β Cygni, abbreviated Beta Cyg, β Cyg). The International Astronomical Union uses the name "Albireo"...
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arXiv:astro-ph/0308429. Bibcode:2003A&A...411..559K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031378. ISSN 0004-6361. "61 Cygni". The Internet Stellar Database. 4 April...
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Vega, and 61 Cygni. Stellar parallax is so small that it was unobservable until the 19th century, and its apparent absence was used as a scientific argument...
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Mesklin (section The planet itself as a character)
idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet. The planet Mesklin...
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although Friedrich Bessel had been the first to measure the parallax of a star (61 Cygni). In an 1847 work, Etudes d'Astronomie Stellaire: Sur la voie lactee...
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Stellar classification (redirect from O B A F G K M)
K0III – Pollux K0III – Epsilon Cygni K2V – Epsilon Eridani K2III – Kappa Ophiuchi K3III – Rho Boötis K5V – 61 Cygni A K5III – Gamma Draconis Class M stars...
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naked eye (conservatively limiting unaided visual magnitude to 6.0), 61 Cygni A (magnitude V=5.20) has the highest proper motion at 5.281″ yr−1, discounting...
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P Cygni (34 Cygni) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus. The designation "P" was originally assigned by Johann Bayer in Uranometria as a nova...
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Bessel measured the parallax of 61 Cygni, concluding a distance of 10 light years, making him "the first man who with a yardstick stepped into interstellar...
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16 Cygni A and 16 Cygni B, together with a red dwarf, 16 Cygni C. In 1996 an extrasolar planet was discovered in an eccentric orbit around 16 Cygni B....
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Giuseppe Piazzi (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
parallax measurement candidates. One of them, 61 Cygni, was specially appointed as a good candidate for measuring a parallax, which was later performed by Friedrich...
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Vega Intl. Night School (redirect from 61 Cygni Ave)
Alan Palomo's other music project, titled Vega, for which he produced only a single EP. Noticing that ideas from Neon Indian and Vega were merging, Palomo...
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eventually finds a planet and begins converting the planet's mass into interstellar ships containing Corrupted warriors. Kira flees to 61 Cygni on a shuttle and...
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consisting of Epsilon Cygni, Gamma Cygni, Delta Cygni, 30 Cygni, Alpha Cygni, Nu Cygni, Tau Cygni, Upsilon Cygni and Zeta Cygni. Consequently, the Chinese...
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This list of nearest bright stars is a table of stars found within 15 parsecs (48.9 light-years) of the nearest star, the Sun, that have an absolute magnitude...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
stellar parallax. In 1838 he published a parallax of 0.314 arcseconds for 61 Cygni, which indicated that the star is 10.3 ly away. Compared with the current...
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Parsec (section Calculating the value of a parsec)
calculate the 3.5-parsec distance of 61 Cygni. The parallax of a star is defined as half of the angular distance that a star appears to move relative to the...
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astronomy, the main sequence is a classification of stars which appear on plots of stellar color versus brightness as a continuous and distinctive band...
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radiation in the non-UV ray spectrum to provide a temperature that allows liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet; they also remain stable in the main...
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Star catalogue (section Successors to USNO-A, etc)
alphabet for the front half. Examples include 61 Cygni and 47 Ursae Majoris. Bayer and Flamsteed covered only a few thousand stars between them. In theory...
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