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  • Thumbnail for Orion Arm
    Orion Arm (redirect from Orion–Cygnus arm)
    The Orion Arm, also known as the Orion–Cygnus Arm, is a minor spiral arm within the Milky Way Galaxy spanning 3,500 light-years (1,100 parsecs) in width...
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    Swan (redirect from Cygnus (swan))
    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...
    42 KB (4,347 words) - 04:47, 16 May 2024
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    Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable...
    51 KB (5,881 words) - 23:59, 1 May 2024
  • Exercise Cygnus was a three-day simulation exercise carried out by the UK Government in October 2016 to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza...
    37 KB (4,133 words) - 07:35, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus (spacecraft)
    Cygnus is an expendable American cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation but manufactured and launched by Northrop Grumman Space Systems...
    49 KB (2,727 words) - 18:13, 25 April 2024
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    Whooper swan (redirect from Cygnus cygnus)
    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...
    12 KB (1,324 words) - 06:58, 28 March 2024
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    The tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) is a small swan of the Holarctic. The two taxa within it are usually regarded as conspecific, but are also sometimes...
    27 KB (3,099 words) - 00:20, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus X-1
    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...
    66 KB (7,351 words) - 14:10, 24 March 2024
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    Mute swan (redirect from Cygnus olor)
    The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter...
    38 KB (4,592 words) - 18:40, 13 May 2024
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    Black swan (redirect from Cygnus atratus)
    The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within...
    24 KB (2,646 words) - 22:11, 16 February 2024
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    Atlas V, first Enhanced Cygnus Cygnus CRS OA-6: 23 March 2016 - Atlas V Cygnus CRS OA-5: 17 October 2016 - Antares 230 Cygnus CRS OA-7: 18 April 2017...
    33 KB (3,129 words) - 16:39, 31 March 2024
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    part of Northrop Grumman) and the Pivdenne Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and...
    47 KB (4,673 words) - 17:04, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus NG-15
    the fifteenth launch of the Northrop Grumman robotic resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its fourteenth flight to the International Space Station (ISS) under...
    18 KB (1,608 words) - 20:12, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus 20
    The Cygnus 20 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Hinterhoeller and first built in 1963. The design was initially built in 1963...
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    Messier 39 (category Orion–Cygnus Arm)
    known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, positioned two degrees to the south of the star Pi Cygni and around 9°...
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    Veil Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
    and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which...
    13 KB (1,319 words) - 14:03, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus Orb-3
    Orbital-3, also known as Orb-3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States-based company Orbital Sciences...
    22 KB (2,070 words) - 23:55, 4 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus Orb-1
    Orbital-1, also known as Orb-1, was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS)...
    16 KB (1,167 words) - 09:43, 2 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cygnus Loop
    The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly...
    19 KB (2,213 words) - 08:28, 25 April 2024
  • Kepler-66 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    with slightly more mass than the Sun in the NGC 6811 open cluster in the Cygnus constellation. It has one confirmed planet, slightly smaller than Neptune...
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