VEGA

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf star
gptkbp:category a blue-white star
gptkbp:culturalSignificance various mythologies
gptkbp:hasDepartment none confirmed
gptkbp:hasFacilities about 2.1 solar masses
gptkbp:hasGoals about 2.3 solar radii
gptkbp:hasPersonnel about 455 million years
gptkbp:hasProductLine 0.087 arcseconds/year
gptkbp:hasRecognition 0.03
gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent A0V
gptkbp:hasTechnology approximately 9602 K
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VEGA
gptkbp:isA main-sequence star
reference point for stellar classification.
reference star for photometry
standard candle for distance measurement
gptkbp:isAccessibleBy gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith the_Vega_star_system_concept
the_concept_of_Vega_in_music_and_culture
gptkbp:isAvailableIn 25 light-years from Earth
gptkbp:isFiledIn -0.03
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn stellar evolution studies
gptkbp:isKnownFor gptkb:Alpha_Lyrae
its brightness and color
being a standard for calibrating photometric systems
its role in the development of photometry
gptkbp:isLocatedIn Lyra_constellation
gptkbp:isNotedFor its rapid rotation
its role in the history of astronomy
gptkbp:isOftenAccompaniedBy the brightest stars in the night sky
gptkbp:isOftenMadeWith gptkb:Sirius
gptkbp:isOftenUsedIn its atmospheric properties
gptkbp:isPartOf gptkb:Hertzsprung–Russell_diagram
the Milky Way galaxy
the celestial sphere
the galactic disk
the celestial navigation system
the local stellar neighborhood
the_Summer_Triangle
the_constellation_Lyra
gptkbp:isReferencedIn literature and art
gptkbp:isServedBy amateur astronomers
gptkbp:isStudiedIn astrophysics
gptkbp:isSurroundedBy a debris disk
gptkbp:isUsedIn scientific research
the northern celestial hemisphere
astronomical navigation
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor gptkb:the_Sun
gptkbp:isUtilizedIn star catalogs
gptkbp:isVisitedBy summer months in the northern hemisphere
gptkbp:resolution about 40 times that of the Sun