Blue Supergiant · Most Luminous Nearby

Deneb

Deneb forms one vertex of the Summer Triangle and is the tail of the Swan. It is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye — if it were as close as Sirius (8.6 ly) it would cast shadows at night. Its exact distance remains unc

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