Vega

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vega

GPTKB entity

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Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:star
gptkbp:age	455 million years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude	0.03
gptkbp:catalogue	gptkb:Gliese_Catalogue gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue gptkb:Hipparcos_Catalogue gptkb:Bright_Star_Catalogue
gptkbp:constellation	gptkb:Lyra
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	featured in the Chinese Qixi Festival featured in the Japanese Tanabata Festival featured in the Korean Chilseok Festival important in many mythologies
gptkbp:declination	+38° 47′ 1″
gptkbp:diameter	2.362 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy	ancient astronomers
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth	25 light-years
gptkbp:eclipticLatitude	281.2° 61.5°
gptkbp:futurePoleStar	will be North Pole star around 13,727 AD
gptkbp:galacticLatitude	19.2° 67.5°
gptkbp:hasDebrisDisk	yes
gptkbp:hasExoplanet	no confirmed exoplanets
gptkbp:IAUApprovedName	gptkb:Vega
gptkbp:isPoleStar	was North Pole star around 12,000 BC
gptkbp:luminosity	40.12 times Sun
gptkbp:mass	2.1 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity	-0.5 [Fe/H]
gptkbp:neighboringStars	gptkb:Altair gptkb:Deneb
gptkbp:notableFor	first star other than the Sun to be photographed first star to have its spectrum recorded one of the brightest stars in the night sky
gptkbp:otherName	gptkb:Alpha_Lyrae gptkb:BD+38_3238 gptkb:FK5_700 gptkb:Gliese_721 gptkb:HD_172167 gptkb:HIP_91262 gptkb:HR_7001 gptkb:SAO_67174
gptkbp:parallax	130.23 mas
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Summer_Triangle
gptkbp:rightAscension	18h 36m 56.3s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod	274 km/s
gptkbp:SIMBADID	gptkb:Vega
gptkbp:spectralType	A0V
gptkbp:temperature	9602 K
gptkbp:usedAs	standard for zero point in photometric system
gptkbp:variableStar	suspected, but not confirmed
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Haninge gptkb:Stars gptkb:Frontiers_Records
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Vega