Alpha Cygni vs Wezen

Property Alpha Cygni Wezen
Penunjukan 50Alp Cyg 25Del CMa
Rasi Bintang Cygnus Canis Major
Kelas Spektral Class A — A-type (White) Class F — F-type (Yellow-White)
Magnitudo Semu +1.25 +1.83
Magnitudo Mutlak -6.93 -6.63
Jarak 1,412 ly 1,607 ly
Massa N/A N/A
Radius N/A N/A
Suhu N/A N/A
Luminositas N/A N/A

Key Differences

  • Both are supergiants with extremely high intrinsic luminosities that far outweigh their modest apparent magnitudes.
  • Wezen is an F-type yellow-white supergiant at ~82,000 L☉; Deneb is an A-type white supergiant at ~196,000 L☉.
  • Wezen is ~1,600 light-years away; Deneb is even more distant at ~2,615 light-years.
  • Despite their distance, both are comfortably visible to the naked eye — testament to their enormous energy output.
  • Wezen is in Canis Major near Sirius; Deneb is in Cygnus at the apex of the Summer Triangle.

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