In the winter, Vega serves as a beacon of spring as it rises low in the eastern morning sky during the darkest months of the year. It lingers in the autumn and early winter sky in the northwest along with the slightly less brilliant stars Deneb and Altair which together form the Summer Triangle (or Northern Triangle). įor northern stargazers, Vega lies nearly overhead in the summer months. Intensely bright and blue-white in color, Vega conjurs memories of pleasant summer evenings spent stargazing and offers astronomers a remote stellar laboratory to help understand how stars evolve. But if had to choose a favorite, it would be the dazzling star Vega, the jewel of the tiny constellation Lyra, the Lyre.
I see plenty of stars in my line of work, and I’ve yet to see one I don’t like. “Out on the lawn I lie in bed, Vega conspicuous overhead…” -W.H.
Vega, the brightest star in the constellation Lyra.
