Vega (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , Vega is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:55 (EDT), 72° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:25, 88° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:54, when it sinks below 9° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Vega
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h36m56s [2] |
| Declination: | +38°46'58" [2] |
| Constellation: | Lyra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 0.03 (V) [2] |
| Distance: | 7.7 parsec 25.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.00 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 349.7 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 35.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.60 |
Sources