Magnitude 4.233 Apparent magnitude (V) 4.233 | Constellation Cygnus | |
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Sigma Cygni (σ Cyg) is a blue supergiant star in the constellation Cygnus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.2. It belongs to the Cygnus OB4 stellar association and is located approximately 3,300 light years away from Earth.
Because of its location at the galactic disk, σ Cyg is obstructed by interstellar dust and is reddened by around 0.2 magnitudes and loses about 0.6 magnitudes at visual wavelengths. Allowing for this, the star is over 50,000 times as luminous as the sun.
Spectral analysis of the star showed that photospheric SiII and HeI lines display a simultaneous, periodic variability. The periodicity was calculated at 1.59 hours in all three lines and it might be the result of stellar oscillations. No clear variation in the brightness has been detected.