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Cygnus is the Latin word for swan and may refer to:

Astronomy

• Cygnus (constellation), a northern constellation
  • Cygnus A, a radio galaxy within the constellation
  • Cygnus X (star complex), a star complex within the constellation
  • Cygnus X-1, a binary system within the constellation
  • Cygnus X-3, a binary system within the constellation

Business & industry

• Cygnus 20, a Canadian sailboat design
• Cygnus (spacecraft), a space vehicle developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation and Thales Alenia Space
• Cygnus Air or Gestair Cargo, a Spanish cargo airline
• Cygnus Business Media, a U.S.-based business-to-business publishing company
• Cygnus Solutions, a company that provided commercial support for free software and the original developer of Cygwin

Other uses

• Cygnus (genus), the genus of most swans
• Cygnus (mythology) or Cycnus, a number of characters in Greek mythology
• Cygnus X-1 (song series), a 1977–1978 two-part song series by Rush
• Cygnus X (music group), a trance music project
• Cygnus (spacecraft), an expendable spacecraft
• Airbus A330 MRTT KC-330 Cygnus, South Korean aerial refuelling and military transport aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) by Airbus
• USS Cygnus, a fictional starship in The Black Hole
• Empress Cygnus, a non-player character in the game MapleStory
• Cygnus gas field, a UK North Sea gas field
• Cygnus, Colombian Folk Rock/Metal Band

See also

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• All pages with titles beginning with Cygnus
• All pages with titles containing Cygnus
• Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a hurricane study satellite constellation in development by NASA
• Cygnet (disambiguation)
• Cygwin
• Swan (disambiguation)

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