What constellation is Vega in?

Vega belongs to Lyra.

Vega, also known as Vega or Alpha Lyra, is the brightest star in Lyra, ranking fifth in the night sky, and the second brightest star in the northern hemisphere, second only to arcturus. Like arcturus and Sirius, it is a star very close to the Earth, only 25.3 light years away. The temperature is slightly lower than Sirius, and it is also one of the brightest stars near the sun.

Vega is the brightest star in Lyra. It is connected with several nearby drought stars to form a ten-stringed harp, which is called Lyra in western culture. Vega often appears near the zenith on summer nights in the mid-latitude region of the northern hemisphere. Vega is located in a large constellation called the True Season Triangle. The summer triangle includes Vega in Lyra, Altair in Aquila and Tianjin IV in Cygnus.

Vega and Altair

The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a household name in China. As a love story handed down to this day, Tanabata is the day when cowherd and weaver girl meet each other every year. On this day, magpies will build a bridge across the Milky Way, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet each other through the magpie bridge. In astronomy, Altair and Vega are two real stars.

In the night sky, Altair belongs to the constellation Aquila, which is 6.7 light-years away from the earth/kloc-0, and its mass is about 1.8 times that of the sun, while its brightness is 10 times that of the sun. Among all the stars we have observed, Altair ranks 12. Vega is not far from Altair, and its mass is 2.36 times that of the sun. Besides the planets and the moon in the solar system, Vega is the second brightest star in the night sky in the northern hemisphere of the earth.