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What does Deneb mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (astronomy) A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.
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Along with Vega and Altair, Deneb is one of the stars of the prominent asterism, the Summer Triangle.
Vega has a higher apparent magnitude, while Deneb has a higher absolute magnitude.
Below it, hugging the horizon, is Vega in Lyra, while Deneb in Cygnus lies a bit higher and to the right.
He'd known he was going to Deneb, Dr. Kalmar thought angrily.
Just as Deneb is in the tail of Cygnus the Swan in our summer sky, so Denebola, further E, is the tail of Leo.
First, Altair in Aquila at the bottom tip with Deneb in Cygnus further up and a little to the west, brightest of all, zero mag.

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