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

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Albireo

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Albireo, the lead star in Cygnus, is the prettiest double I know, in gemstone terms a pale blue topaz alongside citrine. Whether Albireo is an optical double or a binary system remains unclear. Its name apparently results from a gumbled translation from Arabic and Latin, from the “beak” star of the constellation once known as the hen.

Cygnus the Swan seems much more elegant.

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Albireo, Robert Gillette