8 Cygni

8 Cygni
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 19h 31m 46.32184s[1]
Declination +34° 27′ 10.6874″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.75[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B3 IV[3]
B−V color index −0.155[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.20±0.1[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1.16[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −3.47[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.79 ± 0.16 mas[1]
Distance860 ± 40 ly
(260 ± 10 pc)
Details
Mass6.40[5] M☉
Radius6.50[5] R☉
Luminosity2,512[5] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.62[5] cgs
Temperature16,100[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.25[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)15[6] km/s
Other designations
8 Cygni, BD+34° 3590, HD 184171, HIP 96052, HR 7426, SAO 68447.
Database references
SIMBADdata

8 Cygni is a single[7] star in the northern constellation of Cygnus. Based upon its parallax of 3.79 mas,[1] it is approximately 860 light-years (260 parsecs) away from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, bluish-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of about 4.7.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21 km/s.[4]

This is an aging subgiant star, as indicated by its spectral type of B3IV.[3] Its effective temperature of 16,100 K fits into the normal range of B-type stars: 11,000 to 25,000 K. 8 Cygni is about twice as hot as the Sun, and it is six times larger and many times brighter in comparison.[5] The elemental abundances are near solar.[8]

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  7. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
  8. ^ Adelman, Saul J. (June 1998). "Elemental abundance analyses with DAO spectrograms - XIX. The superficially normal B stars zeta Draconis, epsilon Lyrae, 8 Cygni and 22 Cygni". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 296 (4): 856–862. Bibcode:1998MNRAS.296..856A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01426.x.