NML Cygni

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf red hypergiant star
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 16.6
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:BD+37_3871
2MASS J20254476+3807142
G075.7642+00.3437
IRAS 20234+3757
IRC+40448
gptkbp:declination +38° 07′ 14″
gptkbp:diameter ~1,640 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy Neugebauer, Martz, Leighton
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1965
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~5,250 light-years
gptkbp:evolutionaryStage late stage stellar evolution
gptkbp:expectedFate supernova
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NML Cygni
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cygnus_constellation
gptkbp:luminosity ~300,000 times Sun
gptkbp:mass ~40 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity near solar
gptkbp:notableFor one of the largest known stars
extreme mass loss rate
surrounded by thick circumstellar envelope
gptkbp:otherName V1489 Cygni
gptkbp:parallax 0.12 mas
0.62 mas
gptkbp:properMotionRA -4.59 mas/yr
-1.55 mas/yr
gptkbp:radialVelocity -1.0 km/s
gptkbp:rightAscension 20h 25m 44.8s
gptkbp:spectralType gptkb:M6
gptkbp:temperature ~3,400 K
gptkbp:variableStar semiregular variable
V1489 Cygni
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NML
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7