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The night sky showing the Summer Triangle of Deneb Adige in the tail of Cygnus, Altair on the back of Aquila, and Vega in Lyra visible in the northern hemisphere during the summer months. Image: Starlight software/D.Gunzburg.
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In western celestial cartography there is a grouping of three birds which are the constellations of Cygnus the Swan, Aquila the Eagle, and Lyra the Lyre, all found north of the ecliptic. Within each constellation, the three bright stars of Deneb Adige in Cygnus, Altair in Aquila, and Vega in Lyra constitute what is known today as the Summer Triangl...
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... These are the constellations of Cygnus the Swan, Aquila the Eagle (known as the Great Flying Eagle), and Lyra the Lyre, identified as the Great Swooping Eagle, or the Swooping Vulture, and often depicted as the vulture holding the lyre in its beak. Within each constellation, the three bright stars of Deneb Adige in the tail of Cygnus, Altair on the back of Aquila, and Vega in Lyra, constitute what is known today as the Summer Triangle, visible in the summer months and forming a triangle in the night sky ( Fig.1). The name The Summer Triangle, however, is a relatively recent one. ...
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... These are the constellations of Cygnus the Swan, Aquila the Eagle (known as the Great Flying Eagle), and Lyra the Lyre, identified as the Great Swooping Eagle, or the Swooping Vulture, and often depicted as the vulture holding the lyre in its beak. Within each constellation, the three bright stars of Deneb Adige in the tail of Cygnus, Altair on the back of Aquila, and Vega in Lyra, constitute what is known today as the Summer Triangle, visible in the summer months and forming a triangle in the night sky ( Fig.1). The name The Summer Triangle, however, is a relatively recent one. ...
