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[[Image:Cygnus_constellation_map.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of the constellation Cygnus.]]

| image          =Cygnus_constellation_map.png

| rightascension  =20.62

| declination    =+42.03^o

| constellation  =[[Cepheus]]<br /> [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]]<br /> [[Lyra]]<br /> [[Vulpecula]]<br /> [[Pegasus_(constellation)|Pegasus]]<br /> [[Lacerta]]

| brightstar      =[[Deneb]] 1.25^m

| neareststar    =[[61 Cygni]] (11.4 ly)

 

'''Cygnus''' is a constellation located in the northern [[celestial hemisphere]].  The constellation was one of the 48 constellations recorded by Ptolemy in his Almagest or Great Book, and is one of the 88 modern constellations. The name Cygnus itself is the Latin form of the original Greek word, Κύκνος (''Kuknos''), meaning swan.<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Cygnus*.html</ref> The constellation also features the [[Northern Cross]], a well-known [[asterism]] of stars.  The brightest star of the constellation, [[Deneb]], represents both the head of the Northern Cross and the tail of the swan.

'''Cygnus''' is a constellation located in the northern [[celestial hemisphere]].  The constellation was one of the 48 constellations recorded by Ptolemy in his Almagest or Great Book, and is one of the 88 modern constellations. The name Cygnus itself is the Latin form of the original Greek word, Κύκνος (''Kuknos''), meaning swan.<ref>http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Cygnus*.html</ref> The constellation also features the [[Northern Cross]], a well-known [[asterism]] of stars.  The brightest star of the constellation, [[Deneb]], represents both the head of the Northern Cross and the tail of the swan.