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Deneb
(alpha Cyg, HR 7924)
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Denebhas declination +45 16 492001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has right ascension 20 41 25.82001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has spectral type A2Iae2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has V magnitude 1.252001-09-27 09:31:32.0
is a part of Cygnushas URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Const/Data/cygnus_tab.html, 2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has distance 430 pchas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has synonym alpha Cyghas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has synonym HR 79242001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has B-V magnitude 0.092001-09-27 09:31:32.0
has definition An A2 Ia supergiant at the head of the Northern Cross. Most distant first-magnitude star.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
is an instance of white supergiant2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
is an instance of naked eye star2001-09-27 09:31:32.0
naked eye starhas been observed for many centuries2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is usually part of asterism2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is a part of Milky Way2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has apparent magnitude brighter than 52001-09-27 09:30:25.0
starhas star surface temperature2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has B magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has U magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has position on celestial sphere from the point of view of Earth2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has parallax from the point of view of Earth's orbit2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has proper motion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has radiation at surface which is diffused out from the hotter core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy source gravitational contraction and or fusion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy production which takes place primarily within the core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has surface density which depends on luminosity class2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has surface temperature greater than 1000 Kelvin2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has absolute magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has age2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has catalog star catalog2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has material hydrogen, helium2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has velocity determined from proper motion and radial velocity2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has mass greater than 0.08 the sun's mass2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
A starhas color white2001-09-27 09:30:46.0
has surface temperature 10000 K2001-09-27 09:30:46.0
has absorption line H I2001-09-27 09:30:46.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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