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
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 .
The constellation Cygnus as it can be seen by the naked eye, with the Northern Cross in the middle.
Deneb
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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
Cygnus (constellation)
…Cygnus was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Cygnus contains Deneb (ذنب, translit. ḏanab, tail)—one of the brightest stars in the night sky and the most distant first-magnitude star—as its "tail star" and one corner…
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.