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The bright star Deneb — which represents the tail of the great swan in the constellation Cygnus — is seen embedded in the ribbon of the Milky Way, with Vega, a past and future North Star, shining directly below, close to the horizon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Chefs Lee Hinton and Deneb Williams, of Allora in East Sacramento, are leading the charge.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Deneb is the brightest star of Cygnus the Swan, which is making its annual swan dive toward the western horizon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
To the left of Vega, also very high in the sky, is Deneb, the 19th brightest star in the night sky.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Observers will be able to spot it a third of the way between bright stars Altair and Deneb.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The triangle’s vertices are formed by the stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair, forming a celestial isosceles triangle that’d make Euclid proud, that spans the constellations Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Chefs Lee Hinton and Deneb Williams, of Allora in East Sacramento, are leading the charge.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Deneb is the brightest star of Cygnus the Swan, which is making its annual swan dive toward the western horizon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
To the left of Vega, also very high in the sky, is Deneb, the 19th brightest star in the night sky.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Observers will be able to spot it a third of the way between bright stars Altair and Deneb.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
The triangle’s vertices are formed by the stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair, forming a celestial isosceles triangle that’d make Euclid proud, that spans the constellations Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
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“Deneb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deneb. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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Deneb
noun
Den·eb
ˈden-ˌeb 
-əb
: the brightest star in the group of stars of Cygnus
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