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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 ).
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.
HD 191612 is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 6,100 light years from the Sun . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 7.81, [ 1 ] which is too faint to be readily visible with the naked eye, requiring a small telescope to view.
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 ...
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.
Pi 2 Cygni, Latinized from π 2 Cygni, is a triple star [13] system in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is visible to the naked eye about 2.5° east-northeast of the open cluster M39 , [ 14 ] having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.24. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Nu Cygni, Latinized from ν Cygni, is a binary star [8] system in the constellation Cygnus. Its apparent magnitude is 3.94 [2] and it is approximately 374 light years away based on parallax. [1] The brighter component is a magnitude 4.07 A-type giant star with a stellar classification of A0III n, [3] where the 'n' indicates broad "nebulous ...