31 Cygni is the close pair, with 30 Cygni towards top left. (north is to the left)
31 Cygni, also known as ο1 Cygni, Omicron1 Cygni, ο2 Cygni or V695 Cygni, is a ternary star system about 750 light years away in the constellationCygnus.
The Bayer designation ο (omicron) has been variously applied to two or three of the stars 30, 31, and 32 Cygni. 31 Cygni has been designated, variously, as ο1 or ο2 Cygni — therefore for clarity, it is preferred to use the Flamsteed designation 31 Cygni.[14]
31 Cygni consists of a visible pair of stars 109″ apart as of 2016, and the brighter of the two is also a spectroscopic binary. 31 Cygni A is also designated HD 192577 and HR 7735, while its 7th-magnitude visual companion is designated HD 192579. Some multiple star catalogues designate a 13th-magnitude star 36″ from 31 Cygni A as 31 Cygni B, and HD 192579 as 31 Cygni C.[15] The 13th-magnitude star is likely to be an unrelated background object.[16]
The spectroscopic pair are an orange supergiant of spectral type K3Ib and a blue-white star likely to be evolving off the main sequence with a spectral type of B2IV-V. The visible companion is a 7th-magnitude B5 main sequence star.[4][3]
31 Cygni A is an Algol-type eclipsing binary and ranges between magnitudes 3.73 and 3.89 over a period of ten years.[8] The eclipsing system has been studied in attempts to determine an accurate direct mass for a red supergiant. The value 6.73 M☉ is believed to be accurate to about 2%, but there are some discrepancies in the orbital fit.[9]
30 Cygni is another naked eye star a tenth of a degree away, forming a bright triple.
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↑ 4.04.14.24.3Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H5050. Bibcode: 1995yCat.5050....0H.
↑Weaver, Wm. Bruce (2000). "Spectral Classification of Unresolved Binary Stars with Artificial Neural Networks". The Astrophysical Journal541 (1): 298–305. doi:10.1086/309425. Bibcode: 2000ApJ...541..298W.
↑Eaton, Joel A. et al. (2008). "Orbits and Pulsations of the Classical ζ Aurigae Binaries". The Astrophysical Journal679 (2): 1490–1498. doi:10.1086/587452. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...679.1490E.
↑ 7.07.17.2Videla, Miguel; Mendez, Rene A.; Clavería, Rubén M.; Silva, Jorge F.; Orchard, Marcos E. (April 2022). "Bayesian Inference in Single-line Spectroscopic Binaries with a Visual Orbit" (in en). The Astronomical Journal163 (5): 220. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac5ab4. ISSN1538-3881. Bibcode: 2022AJ....163..220V.
↑ 8.08.1Griffin, R. F. (2008). "Spectroscopic binary orbits from photoelectric radial velocities - Paper 202: 31 and 32 Cygni". The Observatory128: 362. Bibcode: 2008Obs...128..362G.
↑Di Benedetto, G. P.; Ferluga, S. (1990). "Angular diameters of Zeta Aurigae-type supergiants by Michelson interferometry". Astronomy and Astrophysics236: 449. Bibcode: 1990A&A...236..449D.
↑ 14.014.1Kostjuk, N. D. (2004). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index (Kostjuk, 2002)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: IV/27A. Originally Published in: Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences (2002)4027. Bibcode: 2004yCat.4027....0K.