kids encyclopedia robot

Chi Cygni facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Red Giant Chi Cygni
Chi Cygni is a red giant star.

Chi Cygni is a Mira variable star located in the Cygnus constellation. It is 737 times larger than the Sun. Chi Cygni is a red giant star that is about to end its life.

Images for kids

  • Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Lacerta, Cygnus, Lyra, Vulpecula and Anser

    Illustration of Cygnus from Urania's Mirror, with χ marked as variable

  • Chi Cygni light curve

    χ Cygni light curve from 2006 to 2010. Note that dates are in the MM/DD/YY format

  • Mira variable visualisation based on χ Cygni pulsations

    χ Cygni visualisation

  • Chi Cygni pulsations

    Changes in the visual magnitude, temperature, radius, and bolometric luminosity as χ Cygni pulsates

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ji Cygni para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Chi Cygni Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.