How to Find Vega, a Scintillating Star in a Cosmic Harp
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Shining almost directly overhead as darkness falls these days is the brilliant star Vega, in the constellation of Lyra, the Harp. Vega is the fifth-brightest star in the night sky and the third-brightest visible from midnorthern latitudes.