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Definition: Cygnus |
CygnusNoun1. A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole. 2. A genus of Anatidae. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Cygnus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | See constellation.Abbreviation Cyg, Cygn. (references) |
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| Abbreviation | Cyg |
| Genitive | Cygni |
| Meaning in English | the Swan |
| Right ascension | 20.62 h |
| Declination | 42.03° |
| Visible to latitude | Between 90° and -40° |
| On meridian | 9 p.m., September 10 |
| Area - Total | Ranked 16th 804 sq. deg. |
| Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 | 4 |
| Brightest star - Apparent magnitude | Deneb (α Cyg) 1.25 |
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Cygnus (the swan) is a northern constellation. It was one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and is also one of the 88 modern constellations. Because of the pattern of its main stars, it is sometimes known as the Northern Cross (in contrast to the Southern Cross).
The bird extends over the summer Milky Way, appearing to fly south.
Cygnus contains several bright stars.
Deneb, α Cygni, is an extremely brilliant star, very prominent despite its distance (1 800 light years). The blue supergiant forms the swan's tail, the upper end of the Northern Cross, and one of the vertices of the so-called "Summer Triangle".
Albireo, β Cygni, is at the swan's beak. It is one of the most beautiful double stars of the sky, a golden star easily distinguishable in a small telescope from its blue companion.
Another interesting star is 61 Cygni. This star has one of the highest proper motions of any star in the sky (except the Sun) and was accordingly one of the first to have its distance measured. It is 11.4 light years, one of the closest stars to our solar system.
The star 16 Cygni B is an extrasolar planetary system with one confirmed planet 1.5 times the mass of Jupiter.
Cygnus also contains the X-ray source Cygnus X-1, which is considered to be one of the most likely black hole candidates.Notable features
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cygnus."
Synonym: CygnusSynonym: genus Cygnus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cygnus |
| English words defined with "Cygnus": Aquila ♦ Deneb ♦ Hooper ♦ Lyra ♦ Northern Cross ♦ Sagitta ♦ Vulpecula. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Cygnus": CCITT HIgh-Level Language, Cyg, Cygn, Cygnus Tcl Tools ♦ GDB ♦ recursive acronym ♦ Tool Command Language. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cygnus Loop Supernova Blast Wave. Credit: NASA. |  | This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, taken with the ... Credit: NASA. |
 | This Hubble telescope image shows a small portion of a nebula called the "Cygnus Loop." This ... Credit: NASA. |  | Lacerta, Cygnus, Lyra, Vulpecula and Anser / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cygnus" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Cygnus" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 50% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
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Expressions using "Cygnus": cygnus atratus ♦ cygnus buccinator ♦ cygnus columbianus ♦ cygnus columbianus bewickii ♦ cygnus columbianus columbianus ♦ cygnus cygnus ♦ Cygnus ferus ♦ Cygnus gibbus ♦ cygnus olor ♦ cygnus Tcl Tools ♦ genus Cygnus ♦ olor cygnus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cygnus | 142 | cygnus loop | 3 |
constellation cygnus | 23 | aw.com cygnus | 3 |
business cygnus media | 16 | 1 cygnus picture x | 3 |
1 cygnus x | 12 | book cygnus | 3 |
cygnus x | 10 | cygnus in star | 3 |
cygnus solution | 10 | cygnus olor | 3 |
cygnus inc | 9 | cygnus toyota | 3 |
cygnus publishing | 5 | cygnus spa | 2 |
cygnus yamaha | 4 | 1983 cygnus yamaha | 2 |
cygnus x1 | 4 | cygnus orange theme x | 2 |
cygnus technology | 4 | black cygnus hole | 2 |
books.co.uk cygnus | 3 | corporation cygnus | 2 |
cygnus hex editor | 3 | cygnus cygnus | 2 |
cygnus daiwa | 3 | cygnus glucowatch | 2 |
cygnus publication | 3 | cygnus instrument | 2 |
cygnus exposition | 3 | cygnus tech.co.uk | 2 |
cygnus entertainment | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "Cygnus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | mjellma. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 白鳥座 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | はくちょうざ. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ygnuscay | ||||
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"Cygnus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cyanus, Cygnes, Hyginus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Cygnus" (pronounced 'Cyg"nus'): Agnus, Alumnus, Anthrenus, Anus, Bonus, Cincinnus, Clonus, Conus, Cothurnus, Echinus, genus, Janus, Marbrinus, Onus, Pandanus, Pannus, Pignus, Pinus, subgenus, Tabanus, tonus, Turnus, Uncinus, Varanus, Venus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-n-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: gnus, guns, guys, snug, sung, sync. | |
-3 letters: gnu, gun, guy, nus, sun, syn, uns. | |
-4 letters: nu, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-n-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: scroungy. | |
+3 letters: curtsying, gunnysack, scurrying, subagency. | |
+4 letters: accusingly, crushingly, curtseying, gunnysacks, insurgency. | |
+5 letters: causewaying, confusingly, congruously, courtesying, cryosurgeon, superagency, unceasingly. | |
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