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[[Image:61_cygni_map.png|thumb|234px|right|Location of 61 Cygni]]

'''61 Cygni''', also called '''61 Cygni 2''', '''Bessel's Star''', or '''Piazzi's Flying Star''', is a [[binary star]] located some 11.6 light years from our [[solar system]] in the constellation of [[Cygnus]] near the star [[Deneb]]. The star is famous for it's unusually large proper motion and for being the first star outside our own to be successfully measured using stellar or trigonometric [[parallax]].

'''61 Cygni''', also called '''61 Cygni 2''', '''Bessel's Star''', or '''Piazzi's Flying Star''', is a [[binary star]] located some 11.6 light years from our [[solar system]] in the constellation of [[Cygnus]] near the star [[Deneb]]. The star is famous for it's unusually large proper motion and for being the first star outside our own to be successfully measured using stellar or trigonometric [[parallax]].