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W Cygni is a semi-regular red giant variable star located 618 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It has a magnitude range of +5.10 and +6.83, with a period of 131 days. 
The variable star was discovered by amateur Irish astronomer John Ellard Gore (1845-1910) in 1884

Right ascension 21h 36m 02.49619s, Declination+45° 22' 28.5292"



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