Deneb im Sternbild Schwan, Hans-Peter Olschewski

Deneb im Sternbild Schwan

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Deneb ist der hellste Stern im Sternbild Schwan. Er bildet zusammen mit Wega und Altair das Sommerdreieck. Mit einer scheinbaren Helligkeit von 1,2 mag ist er der 19. hellste Stern am Nachthimmel.

Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle. It is the 19th brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of 1.25. A blue-white supergiant, Deneb is also one of the most luminous nearby stars. However, its exact distance has been difficult to calculate, so it is somewhere between 55,000 and 196,000 times as luminous as the Sun.

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Deneb im Sternbild Schwan, Hans-Peter Olschewski