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16 Cygni

(16 Cyg)
(triple star system with detected exoplanet)

16 Cygni is a triple star consisting of two G-type stars (16 Cyg A and C) and a red dwarf (B). An extra-solar planet was discovered orbiting 16 Cyg B in 1996 by the radial velocity method.

(star,binary star,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Cygni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Cygni_Bb
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=16+Cygni
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996BAAS...28.1111C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...477L.103M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997ApJ...483..457C/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
~021pc69ly16 Cygni
Coordinates:16 Cyg
J194148.95+503130.2
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