Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Cygnus |
Right ascension | 21h 46m 47.60832s[1] |
Declination | +49° 18′ 34.4511″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.24[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B2.5 III[3] |
U−B color index | −0.79[2] |
B−V color index | −0.125[2] |
Variable type | β Cep[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −12.3[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +2.77[1] mas/yr Dec.: −2.00[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.95 ± 0.34 mas[1] |
Distance | approx. 1,100 ly (approx. 340 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −3.39[6] |
Orbit[7] | |
Period (P) | 72.0162 d |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.34 |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2428410.6 JD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 238.1° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 7.8 km/s |
Details | |
π2 Cyg A | |
Mass | 8.4±0.4[8] M☉ |
Radius | 7.1[9] R☉ |
Luminosity (bolometric) | 8,442[10] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.69±0.16[11] cgs |
Temperature | 20,815±1,057[11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04±0.09[11] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 50±5[4] km/s |
Age | 33.2±5.8[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Pi2 Cygni, Latinized from π2 Cygni, is a triple star[13] system in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is visible to the naked eye about 2.5° east-northeast of the open cluster M39,[14] having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.24.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 2.95 mas,[1] it is located at a distance of roughly 1,100 light years from the Sun.
The inner pair of stars in this system form a single-lined[15] spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 72.0162 days and an eccentricity of 0.34.[7] The primary, component A, is a B-type giant star with a stellar classification of B2.5 III.[3] It is a Beta Cephei variable[4] with an estimated 8.4[8] times the mass of the Sun and around 7.1[9] times the Sun's radius. The star is roughly 33[8] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 50[4] km/s. It is radiating 8,442[10] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of around 20,815[11] K.
The third member of this system is a magnitude 5.98 star at an angular separation of 0.10 arc seconds along a position angle of 129°, as of 1996.[16]
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