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I’m P Cygni

I’m P Cygni. And I am awesome. I am a rare blue super giant. That is rare because almost every super giant sun is red or orange. Meaning that they have been burning for a very long time . But I have not. I am about 6300 light years away from your Sun.

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I’m P Cygni

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  1. I’m P Cygni And I am awesome

  2. I am a rare blue super giant • That is rare because almost every super giant sun is red or orange. Meaning that they have been burning for a very long time. But I have not.

  3. I am about 6300 light years away from your Sun • But you can still see me in the night sky.

  4. I am in the constellation Cygnus, the swan • See if you can try and find me

  5. On average I’m about 750,000 times as luminous as the Sun. • Because I’m one of the brightest distant stars in the galaxy. Remarkable wind blowing off a portion of my outer atmosphere. Losing mass at the rate of one solar mass about every ten thousand years. Variable star with apparent visual magnitude ranging from 3 to 6 (the eye can see to apparent magnitudes of 5 or 6 on a moonless night).

  6. Break time

  7. I’m about 76 times bigger than your Sun

  8. The best time to see me is between June and November in the northern hemisphere

  9. Sun 101 • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/space-sci/solar-system/sun-101-sci/

  10. Citations • http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9LH http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video

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