Instead, look for the cross formed by stars in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Vega is the bright star under one of the swan's "wing." Depending on the time of year and your latitude on Earth, you might see Cygnus directly overhead or in the northern part of the sky. 5. It ...
An annotated picture of the region Cygnus-X, highlighting numerous dense sites of new star formation in the right-hand complex, and the swan-like structure in the left-hand portion of the scene. The image was taken by the European Space Agency's Herschel space telescope.(Image credit: ESA/...
Bright spot.Reports that the brightest nova since 1975 appeared in the constellation Cygnus last week near the bright star Deneb. Nova Cygni 1992 reached magnitude 4.2, making it easily visible to the naked eye.EBSCO_AspNew Scientist
“Now people the world over can know that they will see a wondrous guest star shining as the brightest in the sky for a month or so, being pointed at by the Arrow just below Cygnus, the Swan,” said Schaefer.
(μ) Sagittarii. The asteroid is located 2.5°–4° northwest of that star through mid-June. Despite its location in star-rich Sagittarius, Vesta has little competition from similarly bright stars, making it easy to spot. Dates shown are for 0 hours Universal Time. For U.S. time zones,...
Supernova remnants A supermassive star at the end of its life will explode ejecting the outer layers of the star into interstellar space. The most famous example is the Crab nebula which is the supernova remnant of a star that exploded in 1054....
Why is Sirius Called the "Dog Star"? This star has earned the name "Dog Star" from an interesting time in Earth's past. One reason it's called that is that it's the brightest star in Canis Major. However, there's a more interesting idea about its name: it was also incredibly impo...
Bright spotReports that the brightest nova since 1975 appeared in the constellation Cygnus last week near the bright star Deneb. Nova Cygni 1992 reached magnitude 4.2, making it easily visible to the naked eye.New Scientist
It was on such nights that I realized that I could see a number of what appeared to be huge dark nebulae stretching from Cygnus in the north down past either side of the Cepheus Star Cloud. The nebulae extended almost all the way to Polaris on the star cloud's eastern flank and curved...
The Kepler satellite mission was designed to search for transiting exoplanets and delivers single band-pass light curves of a huge number of stars observed in the Cygnus–Lyra region. At the same time, it opens a new window for asteroseismology. In order to accomplish one of the required ...