Double Star 61 Cygni A & B
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DOUBLE STAR 61 CYGNI A & B
By: Amber NewcombThe life
cycle of a star
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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WEBSITEShttp://www.starobserver.eu/multiplestars/61cygni.htmlhttp://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/gurps/systems/61cygnib.html