The Sky at Night

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: July 12, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

The dominating constellation of summer nights is surely Cygnus, the Swan. The great celestial bird apparently flies through the Milky Way, its long neck and outstretched wings delineated by bright stars in a cross formation; indeed, it is sometimes called "the northern cross". This part of the sky is strewn with moderately bright stars within the formal boundaries of Cygnus, though not part of the cross itself. Cygnus rewards a sweep with binoculars to ...

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