Altair is the brightest star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila and the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Aquilae, which is Latinised from α Aquilae an
Altair is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila.
Direct image of Altair, taken with the CHARA array
Deneb is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus. It is the brightest star in the constellation and the 19th brightest in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude slightly varying betwe
Deneb is the brighest star in the constellation of Cygnus (top)
Wide-field view of the Summer Triangle and the Milky Way. Deneb is at the far left centre of the picture, at the end of the darker lane within the Milky Way.