The Blue-White Supergiant Star Deneb

 

The Blue-White Super-Giant star in the Constellation Cygnus the Swan - Data captured at the Jodrell Plank Observatory in summer 2021 - Credit Pip Stakkert

"Pip has used our new Affinity Photo software to process this data to create an image that reflects the large dynamic range afforded by this extremely bright and distant star seen within the nebulous band of the Milky Way. Deneb is; very bright with a luminosity up to 200,000 times that of the Sun, more than 2500 light years distant from Earth and has a diameter over 200 times that of the Sun. It is a Super Giant in every way and can be seen with the naked eye!

 If you look closely at the image you can see the very many dark dust clouds or dark nebulae that abound within the disc of the Milky Way"  - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory