Beneath the right wing of Cygnus is the constellation Lyra, whose main star is Vega (labeled "1" in the illustration below), the fifth-brightest star in the night sky and one that always jumps out.

Space It's a great time to see the Cygnus constellation – here's how. You can currently see Cygnus and its lovely stars, including stunning double star Albireo, from almost anywhere in the world ...

The Northern Cross: A cross-shaped asterism within the constellation Cygnus, “The Swan.” The Pleiades: Also known as the Seven Sisters, this is an open cluster of bright stars within Taurus.

Cygnus the Swan’s brightest star, Deneb, marks one of the corners of the Summer Triangle. And its bright double star, Albireo, is one of the finest in the heavens.

The biggest and brightest bird constellation seen in the northern hemisphere is Cygnus the Swan, flying high overhead these autumn evenings. The bright star at the tail of the high-flying swan is ...

This delicate Hubble Space Telescope image shows a tiny portion of the Cygnus loop, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. ... magnitude 4, star 52 Cygni).

Looking overhead and a little bit toward the west are the constellations Cygnus and Lyra; they contain Deneb and Vega, two of the bright stars in the Summer Triangle.