Stars in Cygnus
The brightest star in Cygnus is Deneb, at apparent magnitude 1.25 and 1,410 ly from Earth, one of 150 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 10 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deneb | 1.25 | 1,410 ly | Blue-white supergiant | 8,525 K |
| 2 | Sadr | 2.23 | 1,832 ly | F8Ib | ~5,696 K |
| 3 | Aljanah | 2.48 | 72.7 ly | K0III | ~4,693 K |
| 4 | Fawaris | 2.86 | 165 ly | B9.5III | ~10,150 K |
| 5 | Albireo | 3.21 | 390 ly | Orange bright giant | 4,358 K |
| 6 | Zeta Cyg | 3.21 | 143 ly | G8II SB | ~4,767 K |
| 7 | Xi Cyg | 3.72 | 843 ly | K5Ibv SB | ~3,637 K |
| 8 | Tau Cyg | 3.74 | 66.3 ly | F1IV | ~6,918 K |
| 9 | Iota² Cyg | 3.76 | 121 ly | A5Vn | ~8,589 K |
| 10 | Kappa Cyg | 3.80 | 124 ly | K0III | ~4,866 K |
| 11 | 31 Cyg | 3.80 | 884 ly | K2II+... | ~4,176 K |
| 12 | Eta Cyg | 3.89 | 135 ly | K0IIIvar | ~4,698 K |
| 13 | Nu Cyg | 3.94 | 374 ly | A1Vn | ~9,800 K |
| 14 | 32 Cyg | 3.96 | 1,059 ly | K3Ib-II comp | ~3,869 K |
| 15 | Rho Cyg | 3.98 | 124 ly | G8III | ~5,037 K |
| 16 | 41 Cyg | 4.01 | 769 ly | F5II | ~6,859 K |
| 17 | 52 Cyg | 4.22 | 201 ly | K0III | ~4,624 K |
| 18 | Sigma Cyg | 4.22 | 2,886 ly | B9Iab | ~9,047 K |
| 19 | Pi² Cyg | 4.23 | 1,106 ly | B3III | ~11,920 K |
| 20 | 33 Cyg | 4.28 | 159 ly | A3IV-Vn | ~8,895 K |
| 21 | Upsilon Cyg | 4.41 | 642 ly | B2Vne | ~11,624 K |
| 22 | 39 Cyg | 4.43 | 250 ly | K3III | ~4,067 K |
| 23 | Theta Cyg | 4.49 | 59.8 ly | F4V | ~6,907 K |
| 24 | Mu¹ Cyg | 4.49 | 72.5 ly | F6V | ~6,335 K |
| 25 | Azelfafage | 4.69 | 1,726 ly | B3IV | ~11,903 K |
| 26 | HIP 99770 | 4.94 | 131 ly | A5-A6 | 8,000 K |
| 27 | Albireo B | 5.12 | 400 ly | B8V | ~11,489 K |
| 28 | DMPP-4 | 5.73 | 82.6 ly | F5-F8 V | 6,400 K |
| 29 | HD 190360 | 5.74 | 52.2 ly | G7 IV-V | 5,560 K |
| 30 | 16 Cyg B | 6.21 | 68.9 ly | G3 V | 5,750 K |
| 31 | HD 185269 | 6.68 | 170 ly | G0 IV | 5,923 K |
| 32 | HD 197037 | 6.82 | 108 ly | F7 V | 6,150 K |
| 33 | KELT-9 | 7.55 | 667 ly | A | 9,270 K |
| 34 | KELT-20 | 7.59 | 445 ly | A2 V | 8,720 K |
| 35 | HD 187123 | 7.83 | 150 ly | G3 V | 5,790 K |
| 36 | HD 191806 | 8.09 | 214 ly | K0 | 6,010 K |
| 37 | HD 331093 | 8.38 | 164 ly | K0 | 5,544 K |
| 38 | HD 332231 | 8.56 | 263 ly | F8 | 6,128 K |
| 39 | Cygnus X-1 | 8.84 | 1,941 ly | B0Ib | ~5,501 K |
| 40 | HD 235088 | 9.19 | 134 ly | K V | 5,075 K |
| 41 | TOI-1333 | 9.44 | 654 ly | F-type | 6,274 K |
| 42 | TIC 65612701 | 9.45 | 495 ly | G-type | 5,692 K |
| 43 | HAT-P-11 | 9.46 | 123 ly | K4 | 4,653 K |
| 44 | Kepler-409 | 9.64 | 222 ly | G-type | 5,421 K |
| 45 | TOI-2010 | 9.85 | 356 ly | F0 | 5,929 K |
| 46 | Campbell's Hydrogen Star | 10.00 | – | WC... | ~10,290 K |
| 47 | Kepler-68 | 10.08 | 470 ly | G-type | 5,847 K |
| 48 | TOI-5786 | 10.19 | 628 ly | F-type | 6,235 K |
| 49 | Kepler-1869 | 10.31 | 369 ly | G-type | 5,808 K |
| 50 | HAT-P-17 | 10.38 | 301 ly | K | 5,246 K |
| 51 | HAT-P-7 | 10.48 | 1,112 ly | F6 V | 6,389 K |
| 52 | KELT-21 | 10.48 | 1,536 ly | A8 V | 7,598 K |
| 53 | Kepler-126 | 10.51 | 774 ly | F-type | 6,239 K |
| 54 | Kepler-50 | 10.54 | 816 ly | F-type | 6,225 K |
| 55 | Kepler-96 | 10.57 | 401 ly | G-type | 5,690 K |
| 56 | GJ 806 | 10.79 | 39.3 ly | M1.5 V | 3,600 K |
| 57 | Kepler-1876 | 10.79 | 848 ly | F-type | 6,104 K |
| 58 | Kepler-1714 | 11.04 | 1,335 ly | F-type | 6,150 K |
| 59 | Kepler-538 | 11.27 | 509 ly | G-type | 5,534 K |
| 60 | TOI-5882 | 11.31 | 1,357 ly | G-type | 5,920 K |
| 61 | Kepler-910 | 11.44 | 1,306 ly | F-type | 6,230 K |
| 62 | Kepler-1838 | 11.44 | 1,472 ly | G-type | 5,877 K |
| 63 | Kepler-449 | 11.45 | 789 ly | G-type | 5,649 K |
| 64 | KOI-12 | 11.51 | 1,303 ly | F-type | 6,635 K |
| 65 | Kepler-997 | 11.52 | 1,525 ly | F-type | 6,150 K |
| 66 | Ross 176 | 11.52 | 151 ly | K7 V | 4,041 K |
| 67 | Kepler-508 | 11.59 | 1,059 ly | F-type | 6,025 K |
| 68 | Kepler-908 | 11.61 | 949 ly | G-type | 5,973 K |
| 69 | Kepler-909 | 11.63 | 1,010 ly | F-type | 6,154 K |
| 70 | Kepler-462 | 11.63 | 1,946 ly | A-type | 7,500 K |
| 71 | Kepler-1171 | 11.65 | 1,869 ly | F-type | 7,044 K |
| 72 | WASP-48 | 11.65 | 1,481 ly | G-type | 5,920 K |
| 73 | Tabby's Star | 11.70 | 1,470 ly | F-type main-sequence star | 6,750 K |
| 74 | Kepler-78 | 11.72 | 406 ly | G | 5,058 K |
| 75 | KELT-16 | 11.72 | 1,450 ly | F7 V | 6,236 K |
| 76 | Kepler-22 | 11.75 | 635 ly | G5 V | 5,596 K |
| 77 | Kepler-1514 | 11.77 | 1,296 ly | F-type | 6,145 K |
| 78 | Kepler-911 | 11.77 | 1,814 ly | F-type | 6,112 K |
| 79 | Kepler-197 | 11.78 | 1,078 ly | F-type | 6,004 K |
| 80 | Kepler-1929 | 11.79 | 1,658 ly | G-type | 5,786 K |
| 81 | Kepler-806 | 11.81 | 1,180 ly | G-type | 5,770 K |
| 82 | Kepler-1002 | 11.82 | 1,332 ly | F-type | 6,144 K |
| 83 | Kepler-136 | 11.82 | 1,373 ly | F-type | 6,165 K |
| 84 | Kepler-509 | 11.85 | 1,084 ly | F-type | 6,060 K |
| 85 | Kepler-953 | 11.87 | 844 ly | G-type | 5,416 K |
| 86 | Kepler-36 | 11.94 | 1,722 ly | G-type | 5,979 K |
| 87 | Kepler-1990 | 11.95 | 1,281 ly | G-type | 5,751 K |
| 88 | Kepler-145 | 11.98 | 1,849 ly | F-type | 6,022 K |
| 89 | Kepler-1115 | 11.98 | 3,207 ly | A-type | 8,480 K |
| 90 | WASP-194 | 11.98 | 1,555 ly | F-type | 6,405 K |
| 91 | Kepler-450 | 11.99 | 1,487 ly | F-type | 6,197 K |
| 92 | Kepler-1994 | 12.01 | 789 ly | G-type | 5,495 K |
| 93 | Kepler-1084 | 12.02 | 1,323 ly | F-type | 6,113 K |
| 94 | Kepler-63 | 12.02 | 633 ly | G5 | 5,576 K |
| 95 | Kepler-1743 | 12.06 | 1,757 ly | G-type | 5,855 K |
| 96 | Kepler-1515 | 12.10 | 1,759 ly | F-type | 6,511 K |
| 97 | TOI-4487 A | 12.11 | 1,563 ly | F-type | 6,206 K |
| 98 | Kepler-1442 | 12.11 | 1,985 ly | F-type | 6,394 K |
| 99 | Kepler-516 | 12.12 | 2,241 ly | F-type | 7,099 K |
| 100 | Kepler-1104 | 12.13 | 1,731 ly | F-type | 6,417 K |
| 101 | Kepler-1988 | 12.13 | 1,675 ly | F-type | 6,033 K |
| 102 | Kepler-16 | 12.14 | 245 ly | K-type | 4,450 K |
| 103 | Kepler-1121 | 12.14 | 1,572 ly | F-type | 6,231 K |
| 104 | TIC 365102760 | 12.15 | 1,812 ly | K-type | 4,900 K |
| 105 | Kepler-507 | 12.20 | 1,277 ly | F-type | 6,113 K |
| 106 | Kepler-1434 | 12.20 | 2,529 ly | F-type | 6,291 K |
| 107 | Kepler-1163 | 12.21 | 1,561 ly | F-type | 6,302 K |
| 108 | Kepler-1911 | 12.24 | 880 ly | G-type | 5,721 K |
| 109 | TOI-5232 | 12.25 | 1,988 ly | F-type | 6,500 K |
| 110 | Kepler-396 | 12.26 | 730 ly | G-type | 5,656 K |
| 111 | Kepler-1877 | 12.29 | 931 ly | G-type | 5,615 K |
| 112 | Kepler-540 | 12.29 | 1,273 ly | G-type | 5,946 K |
| 113 | KOI-94 | 12.31 | 1,556 ly | F-type | 6,182 K |
| 114 | Kepler-340 | 12.33 | 2,638 ly | F-type | 6,620 K |
| 115 | Kepler-1219 | 12.34 | 2,873 ly | G-type | 5,944 K |
| 116 | Kepler-1313 | 12.36 | 568 ly | G-type | 5,453 K |
| 117 | Kepler-999 | 12.36 | 1,778 ly | F-type | 6,237 K |
| 118 | Kepler-517 | 12.37 | 946 ly | G-type | 5,690 K |
| 119 | KIC 8121913 | 12.38 | 2,307 ly | G-type | 5,975 K |
| 120 | Kepler-432 | 12.40 | 2,766 ly | K-type | 4,995 K |
| 121 | Kepler-1141 | 12.40 | 1,284 ly | G-type | 5,791 K |
| 122 | Kepler-539 | 12.44 | 1,002 ly | G2 V | 5,820 K |
| 123 | Kepler-1323 | 12.44 | 1,518 ly | F-type | 6,169 K |
| 124 | Kepler-411 | 12.45 | 501 ly | K2 V | 4,974 K |
| 125 | Kepler-1769 | 12.49 | 1,430 ly | F-type | 6,071 K |
| 126 | Kepler-1312 | 12.49 | 976 ly | G-type | 5,719 K |
| 127 | Kepler-107 | 12.54 | 1,716 ly | G-type | 5,854 K |
| 128 | Kepler-1672 | 12.55 | 1,276 ly | F-type | 6,132 K |
| 129 | Kepler-1209 | 12.55 | 1,649 ly | F-type | 6,210 K |
| 130 | TOI-3523 A | 12.56 | 2,105 ly | F-type | 6,450 K |
| 131 | Kepler-858 | 12.57 | 974 ly | G-type | 5,653 K |
| 132 | Kepler-805 | 12.59 | 2,082 ly | F-type | 6,112 K |
| 133 | Kepler-1446 | 12.60 | 496 ly | K-type | 4,865 K |
| 134 | Kepler-56 | 12.60 | 2,978 ly | K-type | 4,840 K |
| 135 | Kepler-406 | 12.60 | 1,187 ly | G-type | 5,538 K |
| 136 | Kepler-959 | 12.61 | 2,634 ly | F-type | 7,005 K |
| 137 | Kepler-1955 | 12.61 | 1,466 ly | G-type | 5,825 K |
| 138 | Kepler-378 | 12.62 | 496 ly | K-type | 4,661 K |
| 139 | Kepler-1395 | 12.63 | 1,608 ly | F-type | 6,138 K |
| 140 | Kepler-314 | 12.64 | 877 ly | G-type | 5,378 K |
| 141 | Kepler-1833 | 12.64 | 1,930 ly | F-type | 6,164 K |
| 142 | PH2 | 12.64 | 1,122 ly | G3 | 5,734 K |
| 143 | 2MASS J19383260+4603591 | 12.65 | 1,293 ly | B-type | 29,564 K |
| 144 | Kepler-108 | 12.66 | 1,105 ly | G-type | 5,854 K |
| 145 | Kepler-743 | 12.66 | 910 ly | G-type | 5,486 K |
| 146 | KOI-319 | 12.68 | 2,153 ly | G-type | 5,880 K |
| 147 | Kepler-348 | 12.68 | 1,862 ly | F-type | 6,177 K |
| 148 | Kepler-1169 | 12.71 | 1,705 ly | F-type | 6,191 K |
| 149 | Kepler-512 | 12.73 | 1,524 ly | G-type | 5,997 K |
| 150 | Kepler-464 | 12.75 | 2,177 ly | G-type | 5,933 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Cygnus?
The brightest star in Cygnus is Deneb, at apparent magnitude 1.25 and 1,410 ly from Earth, one of 150 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 10 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Cygnus?
The nearest of them is GJ 806, 39 ly away.