From the northern hemisphere, summer time is the time for Cygnus, the swan, to fly excessive in our skies. A big constellation, it’s undoubtedly one of many most interesting on present within the northern sky.
Cygnus is formed like a cross nevertheless it doesn’t take a lot creativeness to see it as a swan. The central star within the constellation is Sadr. From this level, the swan’s nice neck stretches out in direction of the star Albireo, and the physique again in direction of Deneb, which is Arabic for tail. The wings attain out to both facet alongside a line of fainter stars. The physique and neck of Cygnus lie proper alongside the Milky Method, the misty band of sunshine that may be seen from extra rural places and is the mixed mild from the billions of stars that make up our galaxy.
Cygnus itself is recognized in a number of locations inside Greek mythology however maybe probably the most apposite is the parable of Orpheus, the bard and musician, who was remodeled right into a swan upon his homicide and positioned within the night time sky, subsequent to his instrument Lyra, the lyre. The chart exhibits the view trying excessive within the south-east from London at 22:00 BST all through the week. From the southern hemisphere, the constellation seems a lot decrease within the northern sky.
