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An online interactive planetarium application to explore the night sky and find constellations, planets, asteroids and other celestial objects visible from any location.
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A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky....
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Sky Chart of Cygnus Constellation. Here we provide a simplified sky chart of the Cygnus constellation. Alternatively it is possible to locate Cygnus in the night sky using our Online Interactive Planetarium.
Sky map showing the night sky tonight from any location. What planets are visible tonight? Where is Mars, Saturn or Venus? What is the bright star in the sky?
Please set your location so we can show precisely what's visible in your night sky. Without your location, we will use Greenwhich as a default, but visibility information and star map automatic orientation might be off.
Northern Cross: Cygnus looks like a cross, where the crossbeam is the swan’s wings. Cygnus, its long neck stretched out, flies south for the winter along one of the brightest regions of the Milky Way. Around Christmas Eve at sunset the Cross stands upright on the northwest horizon.
Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation in the night sky, occupying an area of 804 square degrees. It lies in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ4) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -40°. The neighboring constellations are Cepheus, Draco, Lacerta, Lyra, Pegasus, and Vulpecula.
Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation and is easily recognisable for its distinctive cross pattern that resembles a swan in diving flight. It sits in the plane of the Milky Way and is rich with sky objects. These include two open star clusters, M29 and M39, which areboth easily seen with a decent pair of binoculars.
