In another example, two bright stars — Epsilon Cygni in the northern constellation Cygnus and Gamma Corvi in the southern constellation Corvus — have both been known for centuries as Gienah ...

To locate NGC 6894, start at magnitude 2.5 star 53 Epsilon [ε] Cygni, star-hop down to NGC 6960 in the Veil Nebula, then scan right about half the distance to the cross’s bright vertical line ...

It lies approximately along the line connecting epsilon and eta Cygni, two of the bright stars of the Cygnus constellation." Happy hunting, black hole-gazers.

Lyra, named after the harp that Apollo gave to Orpheus, is a small constellation packed with interesting objects. Epsilon Lyra, just to the east of brilliant Vega is a multiple star system whose ...

I agree. It’s a great way to show it. I’m kind of pissed off at the idea that I have to go to Eagle Nebula to catch the Sagittarius line, then down to Carina to get on the Express to Cygnus ...

The Daily Telegraph Night Sky Chart of the northern hemisphere showing many more stars than our chart above can, is available at 4.95 plus 1.25 p&p from Telegraph Books Direct, Unit 5 & 6 ...