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Vega was the northern pole star around 12,000 BCE and will be so again around the year 13,727, when its declination will be +86° 14′. [19] Vega was the first star other than the Sun to have its image and spectrum photographed. [20] [21] It was one of the first stars whose distance was estimated through parallax measurements.
The defining vertices of this imaginary triangle are at Altair, Deneb, and Vega, each of which is the brightest star of its constellation (Aquila, Cygnus, and Lyra, respectively). The greatest declination is +45° and lowest is +9° meaning the three can be seen from all places in the Northern Hemisphere and from the home of most people ...
Vega was the first star other than the Sun to be photographed, [21] as well as the first to have a clear spectrum recorded, showing absorption lines for the first time. [22] The star was the first single main-sequence star other than the Sun to be known to emit X-rays, [23] and is surrounded by a circumstellar debris disk, similar to the Kuiper ...
As the second brightest star in the northern sky, Vega has names in numerous cultures. In Chinese, it is known as 織女 ('weaving girl') from the Qi Xi love story. Vega is one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle asterism. /ˈviːɡə, ˈveɪɡə/ Andromeda: 14 Andromedae A: Veritate: IAU new 2015 Latin for 'where there is truth'. [26 ...
OK, we’re starting to get worried about Tommy Vega. 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s seemingly unshakable paramedic captain is very much shaken by the events of Monday’s episode (Fox, 8/7c), as you’ll ...
It is classified as a Vega-like star that emits excess infrared radiation, [19] [20] indicating it is surrounded by a circumstellar disk. [21] Fomalhaut, K-type main-sequence star TW Piscis Austrini, and M-type, red dwarf star LP 876-10 constitute a triple system, even though the companions are separated by approximately 8 degrees. [22] [23]
Alex Vega and his wife Aymara Vega, owners of The Auto Firm, also work with their sons Alex Jr. and Adriel Vega, far right, in their shop in Kendall, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.
Tommy Vega is officially in for the fight of her life. Monday’s episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star confirmed that Gina Torres’ character has stage 2B breast cancer. “Trust me, I did not want this ...