Cygnus: Cosmic Background

Join Jordan and Kit as they explore the exciting astronomy of the constellation Cygnus: The Swan. 

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:36 Background

01:41 First Impressions & Where to Find Cygnus

03:52 Brightest Star

07:08 Bayer's Variable Star

08:10 Gold Star

16:03 Outro

 

Keywords/Topics Covered: Cygnus, Deneb, Northern Cross, Summer Triangle, Ptolemy's Almagest, Right Ascension, Declination, Milky Way, Cepheus, Northern Hemisphere, Johann Bayer, Blue White Supergiant, Apparent Magnitude, Light Years, Luminosity, NML Cygni, Kepler Space Telescope, Exoplanets, Cygnus X-1, Black Hole, X-ray Emissions, Kip Thorne, Stephen Hawking, Scientific Discovery