The Swan.

The Swan is a constellation in the form of a crist from the bright star in the Milky Way. The Babilonian called it "The Wood Bird", the arabs - "The Hen" and the Greeks caaled it the Swan. According to the myth Zevs in the image of the Swan tempted the wife of the Sparta tzar Leda and she bore a beautiful Elena and the celestial twins Castor and Polidevk. According to myth Zevs in the appearance of a swan had tempted Leda, the Sparta tzar’s wife, after a beautiful Elena and Castor and Polidevk (Polluks) twins were born.

The Swan's bright star Deneb with Vega (a of Lira) and Altair (a of Eagle) forms an autumn-summer triangle. Deneb means (nen's tail). There is a in the "head of the bird" - star Albireo (b of Swan). It is a beautiful vusuble-twice star with blue and yellow components.

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