#Cygnus

[quiltofstars]

The Soap Bubble Nebula, PN G075.5+01.7 // Richard Carande

[properjobproductions]

Mute Swan - (Cygnus Olor) reflected on a pond.

[the-wolf-and-moon]

The Cygnus Wall

[herpsandbirds]

My favourite black swan fact is that for centuries in Europe "black swan" was a term for an opposite of something that could never realistically exist. It was an unreal thing. And then Europeans finally reach Australia and HOLY SHIT! BLACK SWANS?!??

Yes! I always thought that was cool too!

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), parent with cygnets, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Auckland, New Zealand

Native to Australia, introduced elsewhere.

photograph by Ben Ackerley

[spacewonder19]

Cygnus to Scutum © Alistair Symon

[cuties-in-codices]

constellations (equuleus, pegasus, aquila, and gallina/cygnus)

miniatures from the astronomical-astrological codex for king wenceslaus iv. of bohemia, prague, shortly after 1400

source: Munich, BSB, Clm 826, fol. 41v, 41r, and 38r

[moonandserpent]

Cygnus swan necklace by Moon and Serpent

[without-ado]

Double star Albireo in Cygnus l Houssem Ksontini

[snototter]

A black swan (Cygnus atratus) and its cygnets in Nelson Park, Australia

by Andrew Goodall

[a-mint-bear]

Cygnus Headcanon Post

🌠Destined Lover from Beyond the Stars🌠

● His face is stiffer that it looks, not a lot of dynamic facial muscles. It makes him less expressive than how human it might appear. The lack of interpersonal interaction his species engages in means they’ve evolved with less need for expressing these kinds of things to each other.

● He had a tail when he was a baby, almost as long as he was. As he got older his scaled armor came in and his tail got smaller until it was covered by the big scales. When he molts, the tail is visible and he finds it embarrassing. As a side effect, he sees creatures with tails as inherently cute as his brain goes “that's a baby”. He wonders if his babies with you will have tails.

● He has trouble recognizing human emotions. So at first, he doesn't know when you're upset or afraid. But he wants to learn. He’s always staring at you, studying everything about you. Your expressions, your body language, the sounds you make. The longer he studies you, it stops being about learning more about you and more about just… watching you. Everything about you just fascinates him.

● Some star systems have treaties with his race that they won’t be included in The Courtship, but they do accept voluntary participants

● He first came to Earth for a completely different reason. At the last port he'd stopped at for refueling, he'd spotted a creature with some similar features to him. The bipedal stance, a similar skull structure, the same flat, soft features in his face. A quick scan and an introduction later, the creature revealed a bit about themself. They said that their sire was of a race from the planet Earth. He'd never heard of it before, or seen a homo sapien, a "human". But the planet and it's people weren't part of any treaties. He could go there without suffering any consequences from the Galactic High Committees. It wasn't a certainty, but he had this urge to find out where his genes may have come from.

● He knew the moment he saw you that you were his mate. Everything about you appealed to him in a way no other creature ever had. Your scent captivated him, when he caught it for the first time, it felt like his insides were on fire. He hunted that wonderful scent for days., always just missing it He felt this pull in his chest, like his body wouldn't stop until he found the source. He didn't know at the time what was compelling him, but when you came into view, everything suddenly made perfect sense.

● It was you. You looked very much like every other human he'd passed while chasing that feeling, with a few notable features and flaws. But everything he saw made him feel something. Something new. It felt physically painful to look away from you for the first few nightfalls. Then, even though it calmed a bit, he trailed after you like everything depended on having you near.

● Before he took his Starlight aboard his ship, he needed to observe them to know how best to take care of them. He scanned their environment to check what their atmosphere was like to recreate it on their ship. He took note of what proteins and vegetation they could and could not consume. He noted their sleeping habits using his cloaking technology, standing mere steps from their bed as they slept. And through all of it, he had to see them interacting with other humans in their day-to-day life. He hated it. Every day, he could feel something inside him changing.

● When he incapacitated you to begin The Courtship, he held you in his arms for the longest time. He watched you breathe, putting his face in the crook of your neck. He had never felt this... this sense of safety, security... this overwhelming sense of possessiveness. You were his, and if anyone tried to take you from him... he could feel the back of his neck grow hot with an overwhelming rage.

● His senses:

-Hearing: Big ol’ ears let him hear everything. Very sensitive and can pick up frequencies human ears can’t. Can hear your heartbeat but doesn't know enough about human physiology to use that info for anything. - Taste & Smell: You’re surprised the first time you see his tongue, it’s bright blue, long and nearly prehensile. He can taste the air with it like a lizard, but has less taste buds than a human. He can’t taste spice but he loves human sweets and baking. His sense of smell is pretty good. He has scent glands on his cheeks like a cat and can identify different people by their scent. He loves to rub his face to yours to make you smell like him, marking you as his. -Touch: Less developed than a human. The bio-armor he sports protects him but also makes him less likely to notice any light touch below his neck. But it also means he can take a beating. Much more sensitive when he’s molted and touch overstimulates him. -Sight: Big ol’ peepers. He can see in the dark and has better vision than a human but not super powerful or anything. It's hard to tell where he is looking sometimes because he doesn't have visible pupils, and it unsettles you sometimes that he doesn't seem to blink. In reality, he has transparent eyelids that blink so fast you don't notice them, like a lizard.

● He knows how his people are supposed to carry out The Courtship (the part where the babies are made), but he can't help but be fascinated with the way humans do it. He wants to hold you close. He wants to feel your oddly soft skin against him. He wants to see you vulnerable and open yourself completely to him. Genetically he knows the two of you are compatible but he… doesn't want to follow through with The Courtship unless you want him. The way he wants you.

● His people don't have a home world anymore, they are nomadic and travel the stars isolated from even each other. There are some stories about the home world they once had, eons ago, but a lot of them don't believe it ever existed.

● From his time on Earth, he had seen how humans structured their clans, their families. His people don't usually care for their young for long after they are old enough to feed themselves. It was just their way, it made them seek out their own way to live out among the stars. And this made them more likely to branch out their own genetic material farther away from where their sires had originated. But some humans raised their young for much longer than that, well past reaching maturity. And then some even kept in contact with their progenitor or progenitors well past creating their own families.

● He wondered if you would want to care for the young that came from the two of you, or if you would look upon them as frightful creatures. They wouldn't look completely human, and he had seen humans throw away their young for fewer differences. He knew you had a kindness, a warmth to you... but you were still wary of him. He had never thought of how he would see his offspring, but they would be a part of you... When he thought of them, and you, your own family... He caught himself purring, from time to time.

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[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Made this for ASAW, didn't post it because I made better things but might as well post it now

[the-wolf-and-moon]

The Cygnus Wall

[herpsandbirds]

Hi! Swans are easily my favorite birds! Can you make a post about fun facts about them?

S W A N S

Swans are closely related to the geese, and are in the subfamily Anserinae with them.

Swans are the largest waterfowl. A few species grow to a weight of up to 15 kg (33 lb), with a wingspan of up to 3.1 m (10 ft).

Male swans are refered to as cobs, and females as pens.

A group of swans is called a bevy, a bank, or a wedge.

Swans are mostly herbivorous.

There are 6 species: Mute, Tundra, Whooper, Trumpeter, Black, and Black-necked.

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, VIC, Australia

Native to Australia, introduced elsewhere.

photograph by Fir0004

Black-Necked Swans (Cygnus melancoryphus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Chile

photograph by Murray Foubister

Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Germany

photograph by Andreas Trepte

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Japan

photograph by Maga-chan

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, BC, Canada

photograph by Jakub Fryš 

[spacewonder19]

Cepheus and Cygnus ©

[i-eat-candles]

Any Crane Wives Fans here?

Dear GOD did I go I bit crazy on the lighting, but I think it came out very nicely.

I though it was time I should post something more backstory related about some of my characters, and I was listening to this song about a week ago and the gears started turning in my head and then I started mischievously laughing and rubbing my hands together. I love Cyperus and Cygnus sm and their dynamic with each other. I haven’t seen anyone else do something like twin big wings and I think that it has so much potential.

Anyways, if you have any questions about them or any of the other crew mates about backstory’s, or just in general, I would be happy to answer them!