- Stars with a name
- Albireo B
Albireo B
β² Cygni
Albireo B is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Cygnus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1626.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June, July, August, September, and October.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.12.
What it’s like
It gives off 117 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 11,500 degrees.
It is 399.7 light years away: 3781 trillion kilometres.