Gienah
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Gienah can be a star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

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  • Gienah in Corvus, or γ Corvi
    Gamma Corvi
    Gamma Corvi is the brightest star in the constellation Corvus. Its traditional name is Gienah, which it shares with Epsilon Cygni...

    , is a star in the Corvus constellation
  • Gienah in Cygnus, or ε Cygni
    Epsilon Cygni
    Epsilon Cygni is a star in the constellation Cygnus . It is also called Gienah, a traditional name it shares with Gamma Corvi...

    , is a star in the Cygnus constellation


Gienah derives from the Arabic, Al-Janah, meaning "The wing".
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