- Stars with a name
- Azelfafage
Azelfafage
π¹ Cygni
Azelfafage is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Cygnus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 300.
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, October, November, and December.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.69.
What it’s like
It gives off 3,245 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 11,600 degrees Celsius.
It is 1,725.7 light years away: 16,326 trillion kilometres.