| − | 61 Cygni A is a orange-red main sequence dwarf of spectral type K3.5-5.0 Ve, and is the larger and more luminous of the binary pair. The star has 70 percent of our Sun's mass and 72 percent of its diameter.<ref name="recons">http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.posted.htm</ref><ref name="harvard">http://adsbit.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1983ApJS...53..643J</ref> As a dimmer K class star though, it has only 8.5 percent the Sun's visual luminosity. 61 Cyngi A also has a lower [[metallicity]], being only 79 percent as enriched as our Sun, based on the abundance of iron detected. The star has also been found to be a variable star, and has the variable designation V1083 Cygni. | + | 61 Cygni A is an orange-red main sequence dwarf of spectral type K3.5-5.0 Ve, and is the larger and more luminous of the binary pair. The star has 70 percent of our Sun's mass and 72 percent of its diameter.<ref name="recons">http://www.chara.gsu.edu/RECONS/TOP100.posted.htm</ref><ref name="harvard">http://adsbit.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1983ApJS...53..643J</ref> As a dimmer K class star though, it has only 8.5 percent the Sun's visual luminosity. 61 Cyngi A also has a lower [[metallicity]], being only 79 percent as enriched as our Sun, based on the abundance of iron detected. The star has also been found to be a variable star, and has the variable designation V1083 Cygni. |
| − | 61 Cygni B, the smaller and dimmer star of the pair, is a orange-red main sequence dwarf of spectral type K4.7-7.0 Ve. The star has 63 percent of our Sun's mass and 67 percent the diameter.<ref name="recons"/><ref name="harvard"/> Slightly more visually red, the dim star has only 3.5 percent of our Sun's visual luminosity. Observations have found dust in orbit around the star. Like its companion, 61 Cygni B is a variable star, with the variable designation NSV 13546. | + | 61 Cygni B, the smaller and dimmer star of the pair, is an orange-red main sequence dwarf of spectral type K4.7-7.0 Ve. The star has 63 percent of our Sun's mass and 67 percent the diameter.<ref name="recons"/><ref name="harvard"/> Slightly more visually red, the dim star has only 3.5 percent of our Sun's visual luminosity. Observations have found dust in orbit around the star. Like its companion, 61 Cygni B is a variable star, with the variable designation NSV 13546. |