Celestial Atlas
Crux <—     Cygnus: The Swan     —> Delphinus
(possessive form Cygni, abbreviation Cyg)
Hold the cursor over any Greek letter shown in the text to see its English transliteration
Constellations Bordering Cygnus
(tba)

Cygnus is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy.

Illustrations of Cygnus
From Bayer's 1603 Uranometria
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bayer's Uranometria showing the region near Cygnus

From Bode's 1801 Uranographia
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bode's Uranographia showing the region near Cygnus

Map of Cygnus
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger


Stars in Cygnus

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α Cyg (Deneb)

β Cyg (Albireo)

γ Cyg

δ Cyg

ε Cyg

ζ Cyg

η Cyg


Celestial Atlas
Crux <—     Cygnus: The Swan     —> Delphinus