Detection of Solar-Like Oscillations, Observational Constraints, and Stellar Models for $\theta$ Cyg, the Brightest Star Observed by the {\it Kepler} Mission

J. A. Guzik, G. Houdek, W. J. Chaplin +52

$\theta$ Cygni is an F3 spectral-type main-sequence star with visual magnitude V=4.48. This star was the brightest star observed by the original Kepler spacecraft mission. Short-cadence…