DOUBLE STAR 61 CYGNI A & B
By: Amber NewcombThe life
cycle of a star
THE TWINS Double Star Cyngi has its name for a
reason the A & B part is there because there are two stars (the twins)
They are located 31.3 inches apart when you look into the telescope
LOCATION
The two stars are located in the constellation called the swan or Cygnus
Is located 11.4 light years away from us The 13th closest star to the sun
CLASS Is in the class K part of the spectral
class Is also known as the orange part of the
spectral class as shown below It also is part of the G or color yellow it
is a mixture of the two
TEMPERATURE AND BRIGHTNESS
The part A is an amazing 4450 K degrees
Part B is a bit cooler at 4120 K degrees Both stars produce 1/6 as much light
than the sun
MASS AND ORBITAL PERIOD Both stars weigh about half of the sun It takes the two stars about 700 years to
make a full orbit
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT CYGNI B
Its nickname is George It is a orange star in the spectral class Was first settled in the year 2085 Was first sighted in the year 2061 Is located inside Cygnus with its twin
MAIN SEQUENCE STARS 61 cygni a and b are main sequence
stars Main sequence stars are stars lying on
the diagonal band of the H-R diagram
CYGNUS THE SWAN Is in the blue-white supergiant class Is 110 light years away Is a binary star which means two stars
that revolve around one another Has a magnitude of 6.5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Is the fourth nearest star to the earth They are both white dwarf stars The constellation Cygnus that it is
located in is called the flying star
WEBSITEShttp://www.starobserver.eu/multiplestars/61cygni.htmlhttp://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/gurps/systems/61cygnib.html
