15_Cygni

15 Cygni

15 Cygni

Star in the constellation Cygnus

15 Cygni is a single[7] star in the northern constellation Cygnus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90,[2] it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye. The distance to 15 Cygni can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 11.0 mas,[1] which yields a separation of some 296 light years. It is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −23.6 km/s.[4]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G8 III,[2] having consumed the hydrogen at its core and evolved off the main sequence. It is a red clump giant,[8] which means it is generating energy via helium fusion at its core. The star is 1.50 billion years old with 2.3 times the mass of the Sun,[3] and has expanded to 12 times the Sun's radius.[4] It is radiating 93 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,920 K.[3]

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    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.
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    Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal, 539 (2): 732–741, arXiv:astro-ph/0003329, Bibcode:2000ApJ...539..732A, doi:10.1086/309278, S2CID 16673121.
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