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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to a star other than the Sun, by Friedrich Bessel in 1838. The star was 61 Cygni, and he used a 160-millimetre (6.2 in) heliometre designed by Joseph von...
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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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stellar association of Cygnus OB2. One of the stars of this association, NML Cygni, is one of the largest stars currently known. The constellation is also...
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unchanged over the years, are: Sigma Draconis (K0 V) Epsilon Eridani (K2 V) 61 Cygni A (K5 V) Other primary MK standard stars include: 70 Ophiuchi A (K0 V)...
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binaries include 61 Cygni (a binary in the constellation Cygnus, composed of two K class (orange) main-sequence stars, 61 Cygni A and 61 Cygni B, which is...
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parallax measurements in 1832–1838, for the stars Alpha Centauri, Vega, and 61 Cygni. Stellar parallax is so small that it was unobservable until the 19th century...
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Albireo (redirect from Beta Cygni)
Albireo /ælˈbɪrioʊ/ is a double star designated Beta Cygni (β Cygni, abbreviated Beta Cyg, β Cyg). The International Astronomical Union uses the name "Albireo"...
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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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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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motions of stars to find parallax measurement candidates. One of them, 61 Cygni, was specially appointed as a good candidate for measuring a parallax,...
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generation ships were deployed to colonise a planet orbiting the star 61 Cygni (this becomes a major segment of the plot of Chasm City). The flotilla...
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the German astronomer Friedrich Bessel. He showed that the star system 61 Cygni had a parallax of just 0.31 arcseconds (compared to the modern value of...
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astronomical unit to 200 feet. Friedrich Bessel measured the parallax of 61 Cygni, concluding a distance of 10 light years, making him "the first man who...
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in 1838, who used this approach to calculate the 3.5-parsec distance of 61 Cygni. The parallax of a star is defined as half of the angular distance that...
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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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there are "nearly twenty-five million inhabited planets in the Galaxy". 61 Cygni A star system advanced by Lord Dorwin as the potential site for a planet...
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catalogue are sometimes indicated by the Greek letter sigma, Σ. Thus, 61 Cygni is also designated as Σ2758. Since most double stars are true binary stars...
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This PMa offset between 61 Cyg A and B points at the possible presence of a third body in the system, likely orbiting around 61 Cyg B. Pinamonti, M.; Damasso...
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mass into interstellar ships containing Corrupted warriors. Kira flees to 61 Cygni on a shuttle and discovers that the Wranaui have started a war with humanity...
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data, and, when Bessel published a parallax of 0.314″ for the star system 61 Cygni, Struve revised his value for Vega's parallax to nearly double the original...
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Vega Intl. Night School (redirect from 61 Cygni Ave)
"Baby's Eyes" 6:26 12. "C'est la vie (Say the Casualties!)" 3:03 13. "61 Cygni Ave" A. Palomo J. Palomo 4:04 14. "News from the Sun (Live Bootleg)" A...
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Epsilon Eridani (Ran) (10.4749±0.0037 ly) 1 (2?) planets: b (Ægir), c? 61 Cygni (11.4039±0.0012 ly) K-type main-sequence star B Epsilon Indi (11.8670±0...
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the early 1900s. The first direct measurement of the distance to a star (61 Cygni at 11.4 light-years) was made in 1838 by Friedrich Bessel using the parallax...
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Epsilon Eridani (Ran) (10.4749±0.0037 ly) 1 (2?) planets: b (Ægir), c? 61 Cygni (11.4039±0.0012 ly) K-type main-sequence star B Epsilon Indi (11.8670±0...
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than zero by measuring the parallax of 0.314 arcseconds of a star named 61 Cygni. In the same year Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve and Thomas Henderson measured...
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Epsilon Eridani (Ran) (10.4749±0.0037 ly) 1 (2?) planets: b (Ægir), c? 61 Cygni (11.4039±0.0012 ly) K-type main-sequence star B Epsilon Indi (11.8670±0...
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Friedrich Bessel discovered a parallax of 0.314 arcseconds of the star 61 Cygni. According to Owen Gingerich and Christopher Linton, these tables were...
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satellite Zaph Phthet, Director of External Relations of the planet of 61 Cygni Sergey Klimanov's Home Page. Ivan Yefremov's Works Revised 2004-08-10....
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1839 after Bessel released his own accurately determined parallax for 61 Cygni in 1838. For this reason, Alpha Centauri is sometimes considered as the...
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