Albireo (Beta Cygni)
The region of the Milky Way around Albireo
The third brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and widely regarded as one of the most attractive double stars in the sky.
Beta Cygni is called Albireo, which is really a mistake. The words written in a sixteen-century edition of Ptolemy's Almagest, had been "ab ireo" (the meaning of which rests a mystery). The Arabs called it "Al Minhar al Dajajah", the Hen's Beak.
Beta Cygni
Theta Cygni
Omega Cygni
61 Cygni
Cygnia Minor
Delphinus (Delphini) Dorado (Doradus) Draco (Draconis) ...
[3071] beta Cygni or Albireo marks the head of the swan. It is a binary star with blue and yellow components. It is only the fifth brightest star in the constellation.
ALBIREO (Beta Cygni). One of the great small-telescope showpieces of the sky, Albireo, the third-magnitude (3.0) Beta star of Cygnus, the Swan, ...
Albireo (beta Cygni) is a third magnitude star in the called (Albireo is the head of the swan and the second-brightest star in Cygnus). Albireo is a ; the primary (Albireo A, a K3II bright giant) is bright yellow and the companion (Albireo B) is blue.
Albireo (beta Cygni) is a third magnitude star in the constellation called Cygnus (Albireo is the head of the swan and the second-brightest star in Cygnus).
Albireo (β Cyg / β Cygni / Beta Cygni) is the third brightest star in the constellation Cygnus. Although it has the Bayer designation "beta", it is actually fainter than Gamma Cygni.
For instance, the brightest star in the constellation of Cygnus - the Swan is given the name Alpha Cygni, the second brightest Beta Cygni and so on, until one runs out of Greek letters that is, then its on to roman numerals.
It is also known as the Northern Cross. It is seen along the Milky Way in the northern hemisphere. At its tail is the very bright star Deneb, (alpha Cygni) and at its head is the double star Albireo, (beta Cygni).
 See also: Star, Constellation, Cygnus, Sky, Magnitude
  
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