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Vega, in the constellation Lyra the Harp, Altair in Aquila the Eagle, and Deneb in Cygnus.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 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
Deneb, which forms the tail of the swan represented by the constellation Cygnus, appears to be embedded directly in the hazy profile of the Milky Way, completing the triangle formation.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 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
There was the Summer Triangle: Vega, with its disk of dust; the fast-rotating Altair; and Deneb, believed to be more than 2000 light years away.
—Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 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
Deneb, which forms the tail of the swan represented by the constellation Cygnus, appears to be embedded directly in the hazy profile of the Milky Way, completing the triangle formation.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 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
There was the Summer Triangle: Vega, with its disk of dust; the fast-rotating Altair; and Deneb, believed to be more than 2000 light years away.
—Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Deneb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deneb. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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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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