Little Lyra is dominated by Vega, the brightest star in the big
Summer Triangle. (The Triangle's other two corners are Deneb and Altair, both a little lower toward the east.)
"Stargazers will be having a nice time watching the night sky with the famous
Summer Triangle of the stars Vega, Deneb and Altair," Pagasa said.
Summer Triangle LCC Hong Kong and Rural Cooperative (Inkud) have signed an initial agreement to produce bio fuel from jatropha curcas with an investment of US$250 million in 50 years.
To learn more about the Perseids and other summer events--including June's low-transiting moon, July's three-star
Summer Triangle, and the gathering of four planets in August--go to http://stardate.org, www.skyandtelescope.
The
Summer Triangle is the stellar gauge of summer.
On the way you will note the familiar shape of the
Summer Triangle with its three constituent stars.
Hood went on trial after indecent pictures of children were found at the computer software firm
Summer Triangle in Peterhead in 1999.
In midsummer, a huge triangle of stars - the
Summer Triangle - glistens overhead.
(1819) After a night of whisk and brag and gin and water At Rice's cardplaying club on Poland Street, Coming out before dawn under the lyric stars, Vega conspicuous at the point of the Lyre A five o'clock of a summer morning encompassing 286 square degrees of the London Arabic sky, The whole fate drama hoving into view, While the slow making of souls of overshadows Every thing--in this vale of sorrows and of The stubborn drive to find something outside The frail shell of ourselves and our concerns With which we might identify-- The burden of the mystery producing a sharp, acute Light that pierces the drawingroom, the sparring Ring and the cockpit footloose Junkets haunts, Deneb and Altair locked across the dark Sky to form the asterism known as the
Summer TriangleAnd when you face east you'll see the vast
Summer triangle of stars Vega (top), Altari (right), and Deneb (left).
Other notable attributes of Capricornus include its compactness, its rich connections with language, its remarkable double stars, and its position with regard to the zodiac, the
Summer Triangle, and certain deep-sky objects.
The brilliant
Summer Triangle is becoming much easier to spot in the eastern horizon.