Vega (star)

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Vega is a bright, nearby A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Lyra and one of the most luminous and studied stars in the night sky.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vega 1
Vega (star) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf A-type main-sequence star
Delta Scuti variable
rapid rotator
star
absoluteMagnitudeV 0.58
age_billionYears 0.45
apparentMagnitudeV 0.03
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
colorIndexB−V 0.00
constellation Lyra NERFINISHED
debrisDiskDiscoveryInstrument IRAS NERFINISHED
debrisDiskDiscoveryYear 1983
declination +38°47′01″
distanceFromEarth_ly 25
distanceFromEarth_pc 7.68
effectiveTemperature_K 9600
equatorialBulge significant
futurePoleStarEpoch aroundAD14000
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Lyrae NERFINISHED
hasDebrisDisk true
hasFlamsteedDesignation 3 Lyrae
infraredExcess detected
isNorthernHemisphereStar true
isOneOfBrightestStars true
isPartOf Summer Triangle NERFINISHED
isStandardPhotometricStar true
isVariableStar true
luminosity_solar 40
mass_solar 2.1
metallicity_Fe_H −0.5
nameDerivedFrom al-nasr al-wāqiʿ (the falling eagle) NERFINISHED
nameOriginLanguage Arabic
oblateness high
parallax_mas 130.23
parallaxError_mas 0.36
poleStarEpoch around12000BC
poleTemperatureHigherThanEquator true
projectedRotationalVelocity_km_s ~274
properMotionDec_mas_yr ~287
properMotionRA_mas_yr ~201
radialVelocity_km_s −13.9
radius_solar 2.3
rankByBrightnessNightSky 5
rightAscension 18h36m56.3s
rotationPeriod_days ~0.7
spectralType A0V
SummerTriangleOtherStars Altair NERFINISHED
Deneb NERFINISHED
traditionalName Vega NERFINISHED
usedAsPhotometricZeroPoint historically
variabilityType Delta Scuti NERFINISHED
visibleFrom mostNorthernHemisphere
partsOfSouthernHemisphere
wasPoleStar true
willBePoleStarAgain true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SS Vega namedAfter Vega (star)
Qixi Festival associatedWithConstellation Vega (star)
this entity surface form: Vega