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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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    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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    Transfer Vehicle and the American SpaceX Dragon. Cygnus is the Greek word for swan and the name of a constellation. After the retirement of the Space Shuttle...
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    abbreviated Epsilon Cyg, ε Cyg) is multiple star system in the constellation of Cygnus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 2.48, it is readily visible...
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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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    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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    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). As...
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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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    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). It...
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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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    Albireo (category Cygnus (constellation))
    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...
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    Deneb (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Deneb (/ˈdɛnɛb/) is a first-magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus. Deneb is one of the vertices of the asterism known as the Summer...
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    V1974 Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
    or 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...
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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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  • 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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    NML Cygni (redirect from NML Cygnus)
    or V1489 Cyg) is a red hypergiant or red supergiant (RSG) in the constellation Cygnus. It is possibly one of the largest known stars currently known, and...
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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 1 planet found to be unequivocally within the star's...
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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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    Kepler-22b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    located about 640 light-years (200 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in December...
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    Kepler-16b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Kepler-16b (formally Kepler-16 (AB)-b) is a Saturn-mass exoplanet consisting of half gas and half rock and ice. It orbits a binary star, Kepler-16, with...
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    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-452b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    is located about 1,400 light-years (430 pc) from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. Kepler-452b orbits its star at a distance of 1.04 AU (156 million km;...
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    Gamma Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Cyg), officially named Sadr /ˈsædər/, is a star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, forming the intersection of an asterism of five stars called the...
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    Deneb, and Vega, each of which is the brightest star of its constellation (Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra, respectively). The greatest declination is +45° and...
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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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    Kepler-69c (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Kepler-69c (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-172.02) is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting the Sun-like...
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