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Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
(TWAN)
Explanation:
Can you find the Summer Triangle?
It's not hard to find this famous
triangle of stars this time of year from northern locations.
Just look straight up after sunset and find three of the brightest stars in the sky
that nearly form a triangle.
Then compare these stars to sky images like the one shown above, or hold up a smart phone running a good sky labelling application.
The three stars
that form the vertexes of the
Summer Triangle are
Vega,
Deneb, and
Altair.
Pictured above is a 360 degree full sky projection framing not only the
Summer Triangle but the
great arch of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The image was taken last week in front of a small river that encircles the historic
town of
Sant Llorenà de la Muga in
Catalonia, northeastern Spain.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Summer Triangle - Milky Way - Vega
Publications with words: Summer Triangle - Milky Way - Vega
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Á Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising