Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Vega
Credit: D. Moffatt (DOA [ http://www.dao.nrc.…]), ScienceWeb [ http://scienceweb.d…], Starry Messenger Communications
Explanation:
Vega is a bright blue star 25 light years away. Vega [ http://stardate.ute…Request Date ] is the brightest star in the Summer Triangle [ http://eagle.online…], a group of stars easily visible summer evenings in the northern hemisphere. The name Vega [ http://www.astro.wi…] derives from Arabic origins, and means "stone eagle." 4,000 years ago, however, Vega [ http://stardate.ute…Request Date ] was known by some as "Ma'at" - one example of ancient human astronomical knowledge and language. 14,000 years ago, Vega [ http://stardate.ute…Request Date ], not Polaris [ http://www.arcorp.c…], was the north star [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Vega [ http://adsabs.harva…] is the fifth brightest star in the night sky, and has a diameter almost three times that of our Sun. Life [ http://www.seti-ins…] bearing planets, rich in liquid water, could possibly exist around Vega [ http://lsnt7.lights…]. The above picture [ http://www.jpl.nasa…], taken in January, finds Vega, the Summer Triangle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] high above Victoria [ http://www.city.vic…], British Columbia [ http://www.gov.bc.c…], Canada.
facet_when:
06-15-1996
facet_when:
05-20-1995
facet_when:
07-10-1994
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Victoria
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Phoenix
facet_what:
MESSENGER
facet_what:
POLARIS
facet_what:
VEGA
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_when_year:
1996
facet_when_year:
1995
facet_when_year:
1994
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap970715

Vega Credit: D. Moffatt (DOA [ http://www.dao.nrc.ca/ ]), ScienceWeb [ http://scien…
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