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2. P Cygni is about 6300 light years away. This star is roughly 76 times as big as the sun.

3. This star is buried deep into our Milky Way. It 6000 light years away. In year 1600 it flared to third magnitude.

5. In 1626 in the star faded dropping below naked eye visibility. In 1655 it regained brightness. But in 1662 the star faded again In 1665 another outburst took place. Since 1715 P Cygnia has been a fifth magnitude star with only small changes in brightness.

6. This star is not a nova. This star is surrounded by a faint nebula.

7. Since 1715 P Cygnia has been a fifth magnitude star with only small changes in brightness.

8. P cygni has sometimes been called a “Permanent Nova”