What constellation is Vega in?

Vega is located in Lyra. Vega is the brightest star in Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky, and the third brightest star in the northern hemisphere, second only to Sirius and arcturus. Like arcturus and Sirius, it is a star very close to the earth, only 25.3 light years away from the earth; It is also one of the brightest stars near the sun.

Basic information

Vega is the brightest star in Lyra. It is connected with several nearby stars to form Lyra, which is called Lyra in western culture. Vega often appears near the zenith in the mid-latitude region of the northern hemisphere on summer nights.

Vega is located in a large constellation called the Summer Triangle, which includes Vega in Lyra (Vega I), Altair in Aquila (Crested Star II) and Tianjin IV in Cygnus. This triangle is approximately a right triangle with Vega at its right vertex.

Observe history

1979, astronomers observed Vega emitting X-rays by using the X-ray telescope launched by the American White Sands Missile Range, which is the first time that humans have observed this phenomenon in a single main sequence star outside the sun.