Cygnus is the Latin word for

swan Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology) ...

and may refer to:

Astronomy

Cygnus (constellation) Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinisation of names, Latinized Greek language, Greek word for swan. Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and au ...

, a northern constellation ** Cygnus A, a radio galaxy within the constellation **

Cygnus X (star complex) Cygnus-X is a massive star formation region located in the constellation of Cygnus (constellation), Cygnus at a distance from the Sun of 1.4 kiloparsecs (4,600 light-year, light years). It has a dimension of 7° x 7°, which translates into aro ...

, a star complex within the constellation **

Cygnus X-1 Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flight and is one of the ...

, a binary system within the constellation **

Cygnus X-3 Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary ( HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it is believed to be a compact object in a binary system which is pulling in a stre ...

, 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 Cygnus Business Media is a diversified microcap business-to-business media company, providing 1.7 million readers annually, according to the company, with many business media options, including business publications, trade shows, online opportuni ...

, a U.S.-based business-to-business publishing company *

Cygnus Solutions Cygnus Solutions, originally Cygnus Support, was founded in 1989 by John Gilmore (activist), John Gilmore, Michael Tiemann and David Henkel-Wallace to provide commercial support for free software. Its tagline was: ''Making free software affordabl ...

, a company that provided commercial support for free software and the original developer of Cygwin

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* ''Cygnus'' (genus), the genus of most swans *

Cygnus (mythology) In Greek mythology, several characters were known as Cycnus (Ancient Greek: Κύκνος) or Cygnus. The literal meaning of the name is "swan", and accordingly most of them ended up being transformed into swans. * Cycnus, son of Ares. * Cycnus, ...

or Cycnus, a number of characters in Greek mythology *

Cygnus X-1 (song series) "Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album ''A Farewell to Kings'', and the second part, "Book II: Hemispheres", is the first song on t ...

, a 1977–1978 two-part song series by Rush *

Cygnus X (music group) Cygnus X was a trance music project from Germany named after the famous X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann and Ralf Hildenbeutel, who later left.Cygnus (spacecraft) Cygnus is an Expendable launch system, expendable American Uncrewed spacecraft, automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financia ...

, an expendable cargo spacecraft *

Airbus A330 MRTT The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a European aerial refueling and military transport aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330. A total of 15 countries have placed firm orders for approximately 82 aircraft, of which 64 had ...

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 A black hole is a region of extreme gravitational pull. Black hole or blackhole may also refer to: Computing *Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a place where traffic is silently discarded * Blackhole server, a DNS server that han ...

'' * Empress Cygnus, a non-player character in the game ''

MapleStory ''MapleStory'' () is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by var ...

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Cygnus gas field The Cygnus gas field is a natural gas reservoir and gas production facilities in the UK sector of the southern North Sea. It is about 150 km of east of the Lincolnshire coast and started gas production in 2016. The field The Cygnus field exten ...

, a UK North Sea gas field * Cygnus, Colombian Folk Rock/Metal Band

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