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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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    Veil Nebula (redirect from Signus loop)
    and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which...
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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...
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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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  • located approximately 2,964 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was identified in 2015 through an analysis of light curve data obtained...
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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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    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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  • 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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    The Cygnus Molecular Nebular Complex (also known simply as the Swan Complex) is a giant molecular cloud located in the heart of the boreal Milky Way, in...
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    Messier 39 (category Orion–Cygnus Arm)
    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 two degrees...
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    Egg Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
    61 M1-92 NGC 6826 NGC 6881 NGC 6884 NGC 7008 NGC 7026 NGC 7027 NGC 7048 Soap Bubble Nebula WR Crescent Nebula SNR Cygnus Loop (including Veil Nebula)...
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    April 28, 2003, which operated until early 2012. This GALEX image of the Cygnus Loop nebula could not have been taken from the surface of the Earth because...
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  • also refer to: Bakkai Station, in Hokkaido, Japan Cubohemioctahedron Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    abbreviated Epsilon Cyg, ε Cyg) is a binary star in the constellation of Cygnus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 2.48, it is readily visible to the...
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    Cygnus OB2 is an OB association that is home to some of the most massive and most luminous stars known, including suspected Luminous blue variable Cyg...
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    including the Galactic Center, the Magellanic Clouds, Sco X-1, Cas A, Cygnus Loop, and a few extragalactic sources. To eliminate interference from sunlight...
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  • 301-2 Hercules X-1 Kesteven 79 PSR B1620−26 b 3C 58 Cas X-1 GW170817 Cygnus loop Spaghetti Nebula SN 1987A Jellyfish nebula Stellar designations and names...
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    Pelican Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
    region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a...
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    61 M1-92 NGC 6826 NGC 6881 NGC 6884 NGC 7008 NGC 7026 NGC 7027 NGC 7048 Soap Bubble Nebula WR Crescent Nebula SNR Cygnus Loop (including Veil Nebula)...
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    including the Galactic Center, the Magellanic Clouds, Sco X-1, Cas A, Cygnus Loop, and a few extragalactic sources. The observations were performed in...
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    +00° 38′ 42″ 8600–7000 BCE ? 23,000 ? Milky Way neutron star PSR J1852+0040 Cygnus Loop, including Veil Nebula 20h 51m +30° 40′ 6,000−3,000 BCE 7 1,470 ? Milky...
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    Kepler-452 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    G-type 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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    North America Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
    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 the night...
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    Messier 29 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    of the central bright star Gamma Cygni of a northerly zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, and can be seen from Earth...
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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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  • Kepler-1652b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    habitable zone of the red dwarf Kepler-1652 about 822 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation. Discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-1652b was...
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    KELT-9b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    61 M1-92 NGC 6826 NGC 6881 NGC 6884 NGC 7008 NGC 7026 NGC 7027 NGC 7048 Soap Bubble Nebula WR Crescent Nebula SNR Cygnus Loop (including Veil Nebula)...
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    V1974 Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Nova Cygni 1992 was a nova, visible to the naked eye, in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered visually with 10×50 binoculars on February 19, 1992,...
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  • Kepler-22 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Kepler-22 is a Sun-like star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan, that is orbited by at least 1 planet found to be unequivocally within the...
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    Deneb (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Deneb (/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...
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