Editing Cygnus X-1 (section)

== In popular culture ==
Cygnus X-1 is the subject of a [[Cygnus X-1 (song series)|two-part song series]] by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[progressive rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album ''[[A Farewell to Kings]]''. The second part, "Book II: Hemispheres", is the first song on the following 1978 album, ''[[Hemispheres (Rush album)|Hemispheres]]''. The lyrics describe an explorer aboard the spaceship ''[[Rocinante]]'', who travels to the black hole, believing that there may be something beyond it. As he moves closer, it becomes increasingly difficult to control the ship, and he is eventually drawn in by the pull of gravity.<ref name=rush/>

In the 1979 Disney live-action science fiction film ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'', the scientific survey ship captained by Dr. Hans Reinhardt to study the black hole of the film's title is the ''Cygnus'', presumably (although never stated as such) named for the first-identified black hole, Cygnus X-1.<ref name=essays/>