Albireo
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- proper noun
- /ælˈbɪr.i.oʊ/
- Probably everyone's favorite is Beta Cygni, known as Albireo and the star that marks the head of the Swan; the system is composed of a beautiful blue and yellow-orange pair of stars and is very easy to locate in July through November skies (see Figure 2).
- a double star
- colorful double star
- Albireo star
Examples
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Another good target that's not too far is the colorful double star Albireo at the foot of the Northern Cross.
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We viewed Albireo with the naked eye, and it appeared to be a single star.
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Location of Albireo in Cygnus.
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Yesterday, my children Luise and Julius and I observed Beta Cygni, Albireo, a very nice double star in the constellation "Swan," representing the head of the swan or the basis of the "Northern Cross."
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For those that stayed for a while, like the trio Sean, Jonas, and Carol, I showed other objects including Albireo, Ring Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, M32, and a bunch of open clusters along the line of Perseus and Cassiopeia.
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Small telescopes show one component in the Albireo system as gold and the other as blue.
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Of the objects viewed that evening, the crowd-pleaser was Albireo, with its brilliant blue-gold pair.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Albireo probably comes from old star names and begins with Al-, the Arabic 'the' that appears in many star names. A helpful way to remember it is to see bi- in the name as 'two', because Albireo is a bright double star with two contrasting colors, blue and gold.