first daguerreotype of a star
- Vega (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
VEGA (Alpha Lyrae). One of the most famed stars of the sky, Vega is the luminary of the exquisite constellation Lyra, the Lyre, which represents the harp of the great mythical musician Orpheus.
- Vega (Wikipedia)
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only 25 light-years (7.7 parsecs) from the Sun, and one of the most luminous stars in the Sun’s neighborhood. It is the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, and the second-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus.
