Beneath the right wing of Cygnus is the constellation Lyra, whose main star is Vega (labeled "1" in the illustration below), the fifth-brightest star in the night sky and one that always jumps out.

Space It's a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here's how You can currently see Cygnus and its lovely stars, including stunning double star Albireo, from almost anywhere in the world ...

Contributed / Stellarium Cygnus is one of the few constellations that's obvious even from a relatively light-polluted sky. Deneb, its brightest star, marks the tail of the swan.

Almost directly overhead in this month’s early-evening Colorado sky, an observer can view one of summertime’s more prominent ...

The Cygnus Wall, if you use your imagination, somewhat resembles Central America and Mexico. It is a region of vigorous star formation with lots of hydrogen and sulfur, which produce the reddish ...

MWC 349A, which resides 3,900 light years away from us in the Cygnus constellation, earned its oddball moniker by being 30 times larger than our own star as well as one of the brightest radio ...

Astronomers discover Janus, a two-faced star in Cygnus, with one side hydrogen and the other helium. Its origins remain enigmatic, challenging stellar evolution understanding.