Star
Deneb
Deneb is a white star 1 412 light-years away, seen as it was 1 412 years ago, shining 51 618 times as bright as the Sun.
The most distant of the thirty brightest stars and one of the most luminous. Estimates of how far away it is differ by nearly two to one.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 1 412 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 1.25
- Spectral type
- A2Ia
- Catalogue
- HIP 102098
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.