High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 61 Cygni, sometimes called Bessel`s Star or Piazzi`s Flying Star, is a binary star system in the constellation Cygnus. It consists of a pair of K-type dwarf stars that orbit each other in a period of about 659 years, forming a visual binary. At fifth and sixth apparent magnitudes, they are among the least conspicuous stars visible in the night sky to an observer without an optical instrument.