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Deneb
A2Ia · White Supergiant
The tail of the Swan, Deneb is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye — a supergiant blazing across a gulf of space that its light needs 2,600 years to cross.
~2,600 light-years
A2Ia · White Supergiant
Did You Know
- ◆Deneb is about 200,000 times more luminous than the Sun.
- ◆Despite its vast distance, it appears as a first-magnitude star.
- ◆Its name means "tail" in Arabic.