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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. [1] Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, and it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross (in contrast to the Southern Cross).
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of September. Cygnus Constellation chart. Cygnus is a constellation in the northern sky. Cygnus means "swan" in Greek. [1] There is a pattern of stars in Cygnus that is called the Northern Cross.
Cygnus (mythology) or Cycnus, a number of characters in Greek mythology. Cygnus X-1 (song series), a 1977–1978 two-part song series by Rush. Cygnus X (music group), a trance music project. Cygnus (spacecraft), an expendable spacecraft.
Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) [11] is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. [12] [13] It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flight and is one of the strongest X-ray sources detectable from Earth, producing a peak X-ray flux density of 2.3 × 10 −23 W/(m 2 ⋅Hz) (2.3 × 10 3 jansky).
18 maj 2018 · Cygnus (sĬg´nəs) [Lat.,=the swan], northern constellation [1] located SE of Draco and NW of Pegasus. It was depicted as a bird by most ancient cultures. It is sometimes called the Northern Cross because five of its brightest stars form a huge Latin cross.
Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
24 wrz 2024 · Cygnus. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo. (Greek mythology) A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.
