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  2. HD 185351 - Wikipedia

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    HD 185351 is a star in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan.With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.17, [1] it is faintly visible to the naked eye on a dark night. Based on parallax measurements, HD 185351 is located at a distance of 134 light years from the Sun. [2]

  3. Zeta Cygni - Wikipedia

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    Zeta Cygni (ζ Cyg) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.26 and, based upon parallax measurements, is about 143 light-years (44 parsecs) away. The primary component, ζ Cyg A is a giant star with a spectral type of G8 IIIp.

  4. Northern Cross (asterism) - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Cross is an astronomical asterism in the northern hemisphere of the celestial sphere, corresponding 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 , Delta Cygni and Albireo .

  5. Cygnus (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The fifth star in Cygnus above magnitude 3 is Aljanah, [23] designated ε Cygni. It is an orange-hued giant star of magnitude 2.5, 72 light-years from Earth. [25] [26] There are several other dimmer double and binary stars in Cygnus. μ Cygni is a binary star with an optical tertiary component. The binary system has a period of 790 years and is ...

  6. SS Cygni - Wikipedia

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    SS Cygni is a variable star in the northern constellation Cygnus (the Swan). It was discovered in 1896 by Louisa D. Wells, a computer working under Edward Pickering at Harvard College Observatory . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is the prototype of the subclass of dwarf novae that show only normal eruptions.

  7. Kepler-22 - Wikipedia

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    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 star's habitable zone. It is located at the celestial coordinates : Right Ascension 19 h 16 m 52.2 s , Declination +47° 53′ 3.9″. [ 2 ]

  8. Cycnus - Wikipedia

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    According to Pseudo-Eratosthenes and Hyginus' Poetical Astronomy, the constellation Cygnus was the stellar image of the swan Zeus had transformed into in order to seduce Leda [9] or Nemesis. [10] Pausanias and Servius state that Apollo turned Cycnus of Liguria into a swan after the death of his lover Phaeton, then later placed him among the ...

  9. Cycnus of Liguria - Wikipedia

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    Pausanias mentions Cycnus, king of the Ligyes (Ligurians), as a renowned musician who after his death was changed into a swan by Apollo. [14] Servius also writes of Cycnus as a musician and a friend of Phaethon, and states that he was changed into a swan and later placed among the stars by Apollo (that is, as the constellation Cygnus ).