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Pi2 Cygni

Pi<sup>2</sup> Cygni, Latinized from π<sup>2</sup> Cygni, is a possible triple star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is visible to the naked eye about 2.5° east-northeast of the open cluster M39, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.24. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 2.95&nbsp;mas, it is located at a distance of roughly 1,100&nbsp;light years from the Sun.

Pi<sup>2</sup> Cygni has been described as a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 72.0162&nbsp;days and an eccentricity of 0.34. However, a 2020 paper found no radial velocity variations on the timescale of the published orbit. The primary, component A, is a B-type giant star with a stellar classification of B2.5&nbsp;III. It is a Beta Cephei variable with an estimated 8.4 times the mass of the Sun and around 7.1 times the Sun's radius. The star is roughly 33 million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 50&nbsp;km/s. It is radiating 8,442 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of around 20,815&nbsp;K.

The third member of this system is a magnitude 5.98 star at an angular separation of 0.10&nbsp;arc seconds along a position angle of 129°, as of 1996.

Historical names

In Chinese, (), meaning Flying Serpent, refers to an asterism consisting of π<sup>2</sup> Cygni, α Lacertae, 4 Lacertae, π<sup>1</sup> Cygni, HD 206267, ε Cephei, β Lacertae, σ Cassiopeiae, ρ Cassiopeiae, τ Cassiopeiae, AR Cassiopeiae, 9 Lacertae, 3 Andromedae, 7 Andromedae, 8 Andromedae, λ Andromedae, κ Andromedae, ψ Andromedae and ι Andromedae. Consequently, the Chinese name for π<sup>2</sup> Cygni itself is (, ).

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