How to see it
76 Cyg has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 76 Cyg: right ascension 21h 41m 34s, declination +40° 48′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Lacerta constellation (IAU figure Lac).
Catalog context
76 Cyg. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 107097, HD 206538, Gaia DR3 1954418481436816000. In the SkyKeepsake Lacerta (Lac) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1954418481436816000
- HIP
- 107097
- HD
- 206538
- gaia_dr3
- 1954418481436816000
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 76 Cyg
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.07