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Definition of CYGNUS

Cygnus
Cygnus Cyg"nus (s?g"n?s), n. [L., a swan.] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

Meaning of CYGNUS from wikipedia

- Look up Cygnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cygnus is the Latin word for swan and may refer to: Cygnus (constellation), a northern constellation...
- Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely...
- Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Gr**** word for swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable...
- Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed...
- Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, one of the strongest radio sources in the sky. A concentrated radio source in Cygnus was discovered by Grote Reber...
- Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole...
- The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), also known as the common swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian...
- NG-20 was the twentieth flight of the Cygnus, an expendable American cargo spacecraft used for International Space Station (ISS) logistics missions that...
- Cygnus Solutions, originally Cygnus Support, was founded in 1989 by John Gilmore, Michael Tiemann and David Henkel-Wallace to provide commercial support...
- Cygnus X-1 is an X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus. Cygnus X-1 may also refer to: "Cygnus X-1" (song series), a two-part song by the band Rush "Cygnus...