Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  6 bet01 Cyg  ·  6 bet02 Cyg  ·  Albireo  ·  The star Albireo (β1Cyg)  ·  The star β2Cyg
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Albireo (Beta Cygni A&B), Mike Jaworski
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Albireo (Beta Cygni A&B)

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Albireo (Beta Cygni A&B)

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The "star" Albireo actually consists of the spectroscopy binary Albireo A (the yellow star) and Albireo B (the blue star) - so in fact this is three stars. It resides at the head of the Cygnus constellation and was the subject of the September 2015 Cloudy Nights B&II image contest.

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Albireo (Beta Cygni A&B), Mike Jaworski

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