First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, Cygnus Cygnus can be considered a swan among swans, the type species, hence archetype, of all swans.

1758年，卡尔·林奈第一次描绘的天鹅——大天鹅，一直被人们视为天鹅中的天鹅，天鹅物种的代表，也是所有天鹅完美无瑕的原型。

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The Cygnus Loop appears as a faint ring of glowing gases about three degrees across (six times the diameter of the full moon), located in the northern constellation Cygnus the Swan.

天鹅座的Loop看起来是个由炽热气体形成的模糊光环(满月直径的6倍大小)，坐落在天鹅座星群的北方。

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One of the best cases known goes by the name Cygnus X-1, because it was the first X-ray source discovered in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.

最经典的例子就是天鹅座X-1，这是在天鹅座星云中发现第一次发现的X射线源。

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There is talk of a test flight to the ISS, using its Cygnus spacecraft, sometime next year.

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Herschel will be remembered as the telescope that produced great vistas of gas and dust, as here in the constellation of Cygnus.

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One such is August Capital, which has a stake in Cygnus Solutions, the oldest open-source company and a supplier of development tools.

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