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Three stars — Deneb, Vega and Altair — will form a triangle, known as the Summer Triangle asterism.
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Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
The North American Nebula shines to the lower left of Deneb, named for its resemblance to the North American continent, while the 120-light-year-wide supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop glows closer to the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Deneb’s the tail of the Swan, Albireo’s the head, and the crosspiece becomes the major section of its wingspan.
—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
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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Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
The North American Nebula shines to the lower left of Deneb, named for its resemblance to the North American continent, while the 120-light-year-wide supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop glows closer to the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Deneb’s the tail of the Swan, Albireo’s the head, and the crosspiece becomes the major section of its wingspan.
—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
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 3 Jun. 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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