A deep, deep photographic dive into the Cygnus the Swan

If you live in the northern hemisphere (or northern parts of the southern hemisphere) and go outside in late June or early July after the sky gets dark, you can see the Milky Way rising in the east. As it gets higher, you may notice a curious configuration of stars, like a huge cross-shape made of five stars.

This is nicknamed the Northern Cross, but officially it's Cygnus, the Swan. It's a decent-sized constellation, and because of its location along the Milky Way it boasts bright stars and a ...