Cygnus is a beautiful constellation that is fairly easy to ... There are several different myths behind Cygnus. In one, Zeus became enamored with the nymph Nemesis, who fled from the god's ...

Their constellations are Aquila the eagle, Cygnus the swan, and Lyra the harp, respectively. The names Aquila and Lyra originated in Italy and Cygnus comes from the French Cycnus. Many myths and ...

We see the swan as if it were flying directly overhead in this mythological depiction of Cygnus. Contributed / Urania's Mirror As with nearly all the 88 constellations your imagination provides ...

In the northern part of the constellation you’ll find NGC 7008, sometimes called the Fetus Nebula due to its unusual shape.

According to Greek myths, Apollo, the god of the sun ... they magically transformed his body into the beautiful constellation we see today as Cygnus the Swan. Mike Lynch is an astronomer and ...

The myth relates that a gazelle was startled ... the three brightest luminaries in their respective constellations, Lyra the harp, Cygnus the swan (also called the Northern Cross, itself an ...

CYGNUS the swan is a beautiful constellation filled with plenty of interesting stars and deep-sky objects. It is visible this time of year almost anywhere in the world: in the northern hemisphere ...