- Carbon & Red Stars (Cyg) -

On this page I will present some carbon and red stars, which are particularly apparent due to their color.

And (9) Cep (8) Del (2) Leo (1) Psc (2) Vir (3)
Aql (5) CMa (1) Dra (3) Lep (2) Sct (1) Vul (6)
Aur (12) CMi (2) Eri (1) Lyr (4) Ser (1)
Boo (2) Cnc (2) Gem (18) Oph (1) Sgr (2)
Cam (4) CrB (2) Her (2) Ori (5) Tau (10)
Cap (2) CVn (6) Hya (2) Peg (3) UMa (6)
Cas (15) Cyg (23) Lac (5) Per (16) UMi (1)

AX Cyg (C*)
Name: AX Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 19h57m12.51s / +44°15'40.04"
Brightness: 7m.7 - 8m.9 (361d)
Robert Zebahl
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 7+
2013-09-27: Directly seen, deep orange. 		ORANGE COLORED

AZ Cyg (*)
Name: AZ Cyg
Type: *, V*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h57m59.45s / +46°28'00.62"
Brightness: p10m.2 - 12m.0 (459d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0
2014-06-09: Deep orange, at few moments slightly reddish. Visible with direct vision. 		ORANGE COLORED

chi Cyg (*)
Name: chi Cyg, Henize 4-220
Type: *, V*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 19h50m33.92s / +32°54'50.58"
Brightness: 3m.3 - 14m.2 (408.05d)
René Merting
12.5" f/4.5, 103x, SQM-L 20.7
05.09.2023: der Mira-Veränderliche Stern ist vermutlich nahe seinem Minimum -bei 45x sehr auffällig, zeigt ein helles Orange - die Helligkeit liegt schätzungsweise bei 8m5 bis 9m0 - bei 103x zeigt der Stern einen ganz kleinen und schwachen Halo eng um den Stern herum, die Farbe bleibt Hell- bis Roséorange mit einem weißen Zentrum im Stern

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ORANGE COLORED

LQ Cyg (C*)
Name: LQ Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h46m38.68s / +52°34'02.88"
Brightness: b13m.4 - 14m.5
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 80x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: At 37x rather faint, appeared orange. At 80x occasionally deep orange colored, medium bright, but moderately conspicuous. 		ORANGE COLORED

LW Cyg (C*)
Name: LW Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h55m13.77s / +50°29'49.73"
Brightness: b12m.3 - 14m.5
In another source I found a visual brightness of about 8.5 to 8.8 mag, which seem to vary slowly.
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 5
2014-01-01: At 37x moderately bright, very colorful, reddish, evident. At 100x purple colored.

 		RED COLORED
80mm f/6.25, 41x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0, SQM-L 18.6
2015-07-01: Observation at full moon. At 25x light red, rather faint. At 41x obviously red colored. 		RED COLORED

LX Cyg (C*)
Name: LX Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h55m57.03s / +48°20'52.57"
Brightness: 9m.1 - 15m.1 (588d)
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 150x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-04: Not seen.

NSV 13579 (C*)
Name: NSV13579
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h10m37.82s / +33°21'58.59"
Brightness: p12m.8 - 13m.8
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: At 37x moderately bright, slightly orange colored, less evident. At 80x almost the same view. 		ORANGE COLORED

R Cyg (*)
Name: R Cyg
Type: *, V*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 19h36m49.38s / +50°11'59.46"
Brightness: 6m.1 - 14m.4 (426.45d)
Robert Zebahl
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 6
2013-07-31: Obviously deep orange colored, almost reddish.

 		ORANGE COLORED
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 5
2013-07-28: Reddish, bright. 		RED COLORED

RS Cyg (C*)
Name: RS Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h13m23.66s / +38°43'44.47"
Brightness: 6m.5 - 9m.5 (417.39d)
Robert Zebahl
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 6
2013-07-04: Forms with a brighter and fainter star an obtuse triangle. Obviously orange colored. Despite the color index of 2.86 it appears less reddish than U Lyr or S Cep with a similar color index.

 		ORANGE COLORED
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 4
2013-07-07: Deep orange colored. 		ORANGE COLORED

RV Cyg (C*)
Name: RV Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h43m16.33s / +38°01'02.97"
Brightness: p10m.8 - 12m.4 (263d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7+
2013-09-26: Evident due to deep orange.

 		ORANGE COLORED
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: Quite evident, bright, obviously orange colored. 		ORANGE COLORED

RW Cyg (*)
Name: RW Cyg
Type: *, V*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h28m50.59s / +39°58'54.43"
Brightness: 8m.1 - 9m.7 (550d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0
2014-06-09: At 28x moderately bright, orange. At 75x deep orange, sometimes slightly red. 		ORANGE COLORED

RY Cyg (C*)
Name: RY Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h10m23.42s / +35°56'49.42"
Brightness: 8m.5 - 10m.3
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 75x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0
2014-06-09: Moderately bright, orange to slightly reddish colored. 		ORANGE COLORED

SV Cyg (C*)
Name: SV Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h09m30.09s / +47°52'17.19"
Brightness: b11m.7 - 13m.2 (223d)
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 5
2014-01-01: Obviously red colored. 		RED COLORED

TT Cyg (C*)
Name: TT Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 19h40m57.02s / +32°37'05.76"
Brightness: b10m.2 - 11m.9 (118d)
Robert Zebahl
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 7+
2013-09-27: Orange colored. 		ORANGE COLORED

U Cyg (C*)
Name: U Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h19m36.60s / +47°53'39.09"
Brightness: 5m.9 - 12m.1 (463.24d)
Very worthwile, easy to find and nice contrast to surrounding stars! Together with its neighbouring star it is the double star BLL49.
Robert Zebahl
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 6
2013-07-31: Deep red. Very nive view! Evident. Magnitude estimated at about 10.0m.

 		RED COLORED
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0
2014-06-09: Faint, but deep red/purple colored.

 		RED COLORED
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 5, NELM 5m.5
2014-05-31: Moderately bright, red colored. Very good contrast to its brighter neighbour-star.

 		RED COLORED
80mm f/6.25, 33x, Bortle 5, NELM 5m.8, SQM-L 20.7
2015-07-19: Relatively faint, deep orange to slightly red.

 		ORANGE COLORED
80mm f/6.25, 25x, Bortle 6-, SQM-L 19.5
2016-07-07: At 25x intense orange coloring, occasionally slight reddish. Similar view at 41x.

 		ORANGE COLORED
102mm f/11, 28x, Bortle 6+, SQM-L 19.4
2019-08-22: Extremely rewarding. Deep red with very nice contrast to neighbouring star.

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RED COLORED
152mm f/5.9, 49x, Bortle 6, SQM-L 19.6
2020-06-24: Stunning view. At my last observation almost one year ago U Cygni was fainter than its neighboring star (8m0). Now it is even brighter and shows an intense orange or light red. The color impression stays at 49x.

 		RED COLORED
B 8x44, Bortle 6, SQM-L 19.3
2020-06-27: U Cygni visible and brighter than its neighbouring star. It appeared slightly orange. 		ORANGE COLORED

V 413 Cyg (C*)
Name: V413 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h55m05.23s / +54°29'01.60"
Brightness: p12m.4 - 13m.2
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 37x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: At 37x at best very slight orange, otherwise rather inconspicuous. At 80x similar view.

V 460 Cyg (C*)
Name: V460 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h42m01.08s / +35°30'36.73"
Brightness: 5m.6 - 6m.5 (180d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7+
2013-09-26: Quite bright, orange. 		ORANGE COLORED

V 577 Cyg (C*)
Name: V577 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h10m00.01s / +46°44'20.00"
Brightness: 10m.3 - 11m.0 (479d)
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 80x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: Medium bright, slightly orange, less evident. Located within in a curved chain of overall three stars. 		ORANGE COLORED

V 671 Cyg (C*)
Name: V671 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h50m15.13s / +47°48'01.44"
Brightness: p12m.4 - 13m.3
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 80x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-04: Slightly orange colored, somewhat evident, medium bright. 		ORANGE COLORED

V 1426 Cyg (C*)
Name: V1426 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h34m07.47s / +39°04'15.93"
Brightness: 10m.8 - 13m.7 (470d)
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 80x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-05: Fairly bright and evident due to its intense red coloring. 		RED COLORED

V 1666 Cyg (C*)
Name: V1666 Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h26m51.84s / +35°20'26.30"
Brightness: 10m.9 - 12m.9 (376d)
Robert Zebahl
8" f/6, 150x, Bortle 6, NELM 5m.0+, SQM-L 19.4
2016-10-04: Unfortunately too faint, not seen.

V Cyg (C*)
Name: V Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 20h41m18.27s / +48°08'28.84"
Brightness: 7m.7 - 13m.9 (421.27d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7+
2013-09-26: Obviously orange colored. At 75x more reddish. 		RED COLORED

YY Cyg (C*)
Name: YY Cyg
Type: *, V*, C*
Constellation: Cyg
Coordinates: 21h22m28.71s / +42°23'46.47"
Brightness: p12m.1 - 13m.2 (388d)
Robert Zebahl
4.5" f/8, 28x, Bortle 7, NELM 5m.0
2014-06-09: Seen with direct vision, quite faint, deep red to purple colored. 		RED COLORED