Talk:RW Cygni
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Location of star[edit]
In the lede, it states and the star is about 75 parcsec west of bright Sadr (γ Cygni). This is a very questionable claim. Generally, when using east/west, we refer to angular distances as perceived from Earth. Claiming an actual distance, we might use galactic directions (galactic north/south, spinwards/antispinwards, or in/out), but I can't come up with a way where we'd be using "west". Does anyone know what that statement was supposed to say? If not, I'll remove it. Tarl N. (discuss) 03:58, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
- I think it's a typo, although I can't figure out what it was supposed to mean. I calculate it's 6'36" west of γ Cygni, which would work out to about 100 arcsec (assuming that's what was meant rather than parcsec). Anyone know where the 75 came from? Tarl N. (discuss) 04:03, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure the text was translated (probably by Google with no copyediting) from es:RW Cygni. My Spanish suggests that it is mis-translated and should be 75 arc-seconds. Lithopsian (talk) 12:35, 15 August 2016 (UTC)