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...
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Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole...
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up Cygnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cygnus is the Latin word for swan and may refer to: Cygnus (constellation), a northern constellation Cygnus...
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Cygnus OB2 #12 is an extremely luminous blue hypergiant with an absolute bolometric magnitude (all electromagnetic radiation) of −10.9, among the most...
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passionate and devoted to his ideals. As a Saint born under the Cygnus constellation, Hyoga is able to control and manipulate ice and snow as he pleases...
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list of notable stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sorted by decreasing apparent magnitude. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos...
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Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, one of the strongest radio sources in the sky. A concentrated radio source in Cygnus was discovered by Grote Reber...
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Northern Cross (asterism) (category Cygnus (constellation))
closely with the constellation Cygnus the swan. It is much larger than the Southern Cross and consists of the brightest stars in Cygnus: Deneb, Sadr, Gienah...
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The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly...
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Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it...
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Veil Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions...
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wavelengths. The region is approximately 1,570 parsecs from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. The young cluster is one of the largest known and the largest...
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Janus (star) (category Cygnus (constellation))
white dwarf located more than 1,300 light-years (400 pc) away in the constellation Cygnus, discovered in 2019 by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), located...
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Deneb (category Cygnus (constellation))
(/ˈdɛnɛb/) 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...
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According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Cygnus is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as...
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North America Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) in...
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located in the heart of the boreal Milky Way, in the direction of the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the most turbulent star-forming areas in the Milky...
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Soap Bubble Nebula (redirect from Cygnus Bubble)
Ju 1 (also known as PN G075.5+01.7) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus, near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). The nebula derives its name...
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Crescent Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by William...
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Epsilon Cygni (redirect from Gienah in Cygnus)
(ε Cygni, abbreviated Epsilon Cyg, ε Cyg) is binary star in the constellation of Cygnus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 2.48, it is readily visible...
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Lacerta (redirect from Lacerta constellation)
the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin for lizard. A small, faint constellation, it was defined...
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Kepler-289 (category Cygnus (constellation))
a spectral type of G2, 2370 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It hosts a system of multiple exoplanets. Kepler-289 hosts three...
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Cygnus-X is a massive star formation region located in the constellation of Cygnus at a distance from the Sun of 1.4 kiloparsecs (4,600 light years). It...
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NGC 7031 (category Cygnus (constellation))
NGC 7031 is a small open cluster located in the Cygnus constellation. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on September 21,...
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Messier 39 (category Cygnus (constellation))
M39, also known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It is positioned...
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Kepler-452 (category Cygnus (constellation))
subgiant star located about 1,810 light-years away from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. Although similar in temperature to the Sun, it is 20% brighter,...
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NGC 6826 (category Cygnus (constellation))
(also known as Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is commonly referred to as the "Blinking Planetary", although...
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G79.29+0.46 (category Cygnus (constellation))
G79.29+0.46 is a luminous blue variable star candidate located in the Cygnus X star formation region. In the infrared and at radio wavelengths a prominent...
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HD 188753 (category Cygnus (constellation))
hierarchical triple star system approximately 151 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. In 2005, an extrasolar planet was announced to be orbiting...
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constellation of Cygnus. Although Cygnus OB9 has many O and B type stars, Cygnus OB9 is also hidden behind a massive dust cloud known as the Cygnus Rift...
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