हंस तारा vs अभिजित् तारा

Distance alone puts 56 times between अभिजित् तारा and हंस तारा, 25.0 and 1,412 light-years. Seen from Earth the ranking is अभिजित् तारा first at +0.03, हंस तारा second at +1.25. By spectral type the pair divides into an A-type star in Cygnus for हंस तारा and an A-type star in Lyra for अभिजित् तारा.

Property comparison

Property हंस तारा अभिजित् तारा
पदनाम 50Alp Cyg 3Alp Lyr
नक्षत्रमंडल Cygnus Lyra
वर्णक्रम वर्ग Class A — A-type (White) Class A — A-type (White)
आभासी परिमाण +1.25 +0.03
निरपेक्ष परिमाण -6.93 0.60
दूरी 1,412 ly 25.0 ly
द्रव्यमान N/A N/A
त्रिज्या N/A N/A
तापमान N/A N/A
दीप्तिमानता N/A N/A

Full data for each star: हंस तारा · अभिजित् तारा

Key differences

Key Differences

  • ◆ Both are A-type stars in the Summer Triangle, but they differ enormously in distance and luminosity.
  • ◆ Vega is only 25 light-years away; Deneb is the most distant first-magnitude star at ~2,615 light-years.
  • ◆ Deneb is intrinsically about 196,000 times more luminous than the Sun; Vega is 40 times more luminous.
  • ◆ Vega was the original photometric zero-magnitude reference star.
  • ◆ Deneb is a white supergiant with a radius ~203 R☉; Vega is a near-main-sequence star with radius ~2.4 R☉.

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