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What does Cygnus mean?

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  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.
  2. (Greek) A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.
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The temperature of Cygnus X-1 from Hawking radiation is roughly a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.
The central nucleus he locates in the rich Galactic region of Cygnus, with the sun well outside the nucleus itself.
In the film, set in 2130, the spaceship USS Palomino discovers another ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering on the edge of a black hole.
Having considered all of the amendment proposals for Appendices I and II, the Council concluded that, with the exception of the proposals for Cygnus melanocorypha, it endorsed all of them.
I was looking at that ring in the constellation of Cygnus, being drawn there with persistence by some irresistible instinct.
After a week's delay, Orbital Sciences Corp's Cygnus cargo ship puled in at the lab yesterday.

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