17 Cygni was a star system in the Alpha Quadrant.
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Stellar system[]
This was a quintenary star system. It was organized into a single star system and two binary systems.
17 Cygni Aa, the primary of this system, was located in one of the binary star systems. It was a F-type dwarf. This dwarf's companion was the K-type dwarf 17 Cygni Ab.
A binary system consisting of the K-type dwarfs 17 Cygni Ba and 17 Cygni Bb orbited the 17 Cygni A system.
The red dwarf 17 Cygni C was a companion to this second binary system. (ENT: "Cold Front")
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The 17 Cygni system was visible from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It was approximately 68 light years from Sol.
In the 2150s, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in several crew and guest quarters aboard the Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise, set decoration)