Star
61 Cygni A
61 Cygni A is an orange star 11.4 light-years away, one of the nearest there are, seen as it was 11 years ago, shining at 8.80% of the Sun’s brightness.
The first star after the Sun to have its distance measured, by Friedrich Bessel in 1838. It moves so fast across the sky it was called the Flying Star.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 11.4 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 5.20
- Spectral type
- K5V
- Catalogue
- HIP 104214
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.