The Constellations
Cygnus, the Swan
A swan in eternal flight down the Milky Way.
- Chart
- The constellation Cygnus
- Astronomer
- After Bayer / Hevelius / Flamsteed
- Date
- engraved 16th–18th c.
- Held by
- The great celestial atlases · Linda Hall Library
Finish
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
A swan with wings outstretched, flying forever down the glowing river of the Milky Way — sometimes said to be Zeus in disguise, sometimes a grieving friend of the fallen Phaethon, transformed as he dived again and again for his companion's body. Its brightest star, Deneb, marks the swan's tail and anchors one corner of the Summer Triangle. One of the loveliest figures the sky holds.
See it on your wall
A window onto the heavens, in your home
Cygnus, the Swan printed large and framed, hung in rooms like yours. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain chart held by The great celestial atlases · Linda Hall Library — the work is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm. Framed pieces sit in a box frame under acrylic, with no mount (gold-ink editions on specialist press).
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our charts cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans in existence, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the gold figures, the tiny stars, the cartouches — on a matte sheet that shows every line without glare.
