Deneb
At a glance
- Type
- Star
- Distance
- Milky Way
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Blue
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Deneb, Vega and Altair form the Summer Triangle, a big shape that is easy to find on summer nights.
- Its name comes from the Arabic word for tail, because it marks the tail of Cygnus, the Swan.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q12179 · All space objects · All entries