V1331 Cygni

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Star
V1331 Cygni
V1331 Cygni and the surrounding reflection nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
V1331 Cygni and the surrounding reflection nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation swan
Right ascension 21 h 01 m 9.2 s
declination + 50 ° 21 ′ 45 ″
Apparent brightness 11.99 (10.59 to 13.08) mag
Typing
B − V color index (1.10) 
U − B color index (0.28) 
Spectral class F0 / F4-G5
Astrometry
parallax (1.68 ± 0.02)  mas
distance (1940 ± 25)  ly
(595)  pc
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (0.98 ± 0.05)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−3.78 ± 0.04)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
2MASS catalog 2MASS J21010920 + 5021445 [1]

V1331 Cygni is a variable star in the constellation Swan . The star is surrounded by a dust ring about 30 arcseconds in diameter and, as images from the Hubble Space Telescope show, a narrower one with 13 arcseconds; it is at the tip of the dark cloud LDN 981. The star is almost 2000 light years away, is still very young and is not yet on the main sequence .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g EM * LkHA 120. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed September 10, 2018 .
  2. V1331 Cyg. In: VSX. AAVSO, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  3. SP Quanz, D. Apai, Th. Henning: Dust Rings and Filaments around the Isolated Young Star V1331 Cygni , bibcode : 2007ApJ ... 656..287Q