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Vega, Antares, Gemini

Vega, Antares, Gemini. Zach Sagarin Michelina Restaino. Vega α Lyra (Harp Star). 5 th brightest star CS 2 nd -3 rd brightest star in NCH Pulsating Variable Star Apparent Magnitude 0.03 About 25 light-years away 6 th closest of all bright stars RA of 18h 36m and DEC of 38°47°

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Vega, Antares, Gemini

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  1. Vega, Antares, Gemini Zach Sagarin MichelinaRestaino

  2. Vega αLyra (Harp Star) • 5th brightest star CS • 2nd-3rd brightest star in NCH • Pulsating Variable Star • Apparent Magnitude 0.03 • About 25 light-years away • 6th closest of all bright stars • RA of 18h 36m and DEC of 38°47° • Best seen July-August • Japanese have a festival for this • Most famous for being the harp of Orpheus

  3. Gemini: • Pollux (immortal) and Castor (mortal) are twins despite having different fathers. Were Argonauts in the search for the Golden Fleece. Fought in the Trojan War. When Castor dies, Pollux asks Jupiter to save his brother. Jupiter puts them in the sky. • 85 Visable Stars • Faces away from the Milky Way • Contains the Eskimo (Mag. 9.2) and Medusa Planetary Nebulas • Messier M35, Open Star Cluster Mag. 5 • Meteor Showers • RA 7h • DEC +20*

  4. Antares • Red supergiant star • It has a radius of approximately 883 times that of the Sun. • 16TH Brightest star in the night sky, and has a companion star, Antares B. • Is approximately 550 light-years (170 parsecs) from the Earth. • Name comes from Greek word Άντάρης which means Anti-Ares or Anti-Mars. • Has an RA of 16h 29m and a DEC of -26.26‘. • Brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. • Is not visible for 2 to three weeks in November • Is Visible for the longest period around May 31

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