Albireo
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Albireo is a double star designated Beta Cygni. The International Astronomical Union uses the name "Albireo" specifically for the brightest star in the system. Although designated 'beta', it is fainte
Albireo is the star in the head of the constellation of Cygnus (bottom).
Albireo A and B
Cygnus (constellation)
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Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for "swan". Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summ
Albireo
…designated 'beta', it is fainter than Gamma Cygni, Delta Cygni, and Epsilon Cygni and is the fifth-brightest point of light in the constellation of Cygnus. Appearing to the naked eye to be a single star of magnitude 3, viewing through even a low-magnification telescope resolves it into its two components…
Cygnus as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. Surrounding it are Lacerta, Vulpecula and Lyra.
Cygnus is superimposed as main stars constellation over a photo of the according section of the night sky
On the left side of this X-ray image are the bright North America Nebula (left bright part) with Sadr region (right bright part) in the Cygnus X region, visually interrupted by the Cygnus rift .