K-type star · orange dwarf

61 Cyg

11.4 lybrightness mag 6.05K7V

Also catalogued as HR 8086 · HD 201092 · HIP 104217 · Gliese Gl 820B

4,105 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

0.04× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

11 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

0.04×

the Sun's light output

8.33

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

61 CygK-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

61 Cyg →0.038 ly apart
Kruger 60 →5.1 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To 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.