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  2. VEGA is a global manufacturer of sensors for measuring level, point level, pressure and process control systems. VEGA offers solutions for various industries, such as chemical, food, water, energy and more.

  3. Vega$ is a TV show about Dan Tanna, a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. The series ran from 1978 to 1981 and starred Robert Urich, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis and others.

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    • 1978-04-25
    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    • Locating Vega
    • Early Observations
    • Vega in Recent Years

    Vega is almost directly overhead at midnorthern latitudes on midsummer nights. Vega sinks below the horizon for only 7 hours a day and can be seen on any night of the year. Farther south, Vega lies below the horizon for a longer period, but in Alaska, northern Canada and much of Europe, Vega never sets. The star's location is: 1. Right ascension: 1...

    Because Vega's blue-white light is so bright — the star has an apparent magnitude of 0.03 — it features prominently in ancient cultures, ranging from the Chinese to the Polynesians to the Hindus. Vega's name comes from the Arabic word "waqi," which means "falling" or "swooping." "This is a reference to the time when people regarded the constellatio...

    Vega rose to prominence in popular culture in the late 1990s after Carl Sagan's novel "Contact" (1985, Simon & Schuster) was adapted into a Hollywood movie. Starring Jodie Foster, the movie followed an astronomer working on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) who discovers a signal appearing to emanate from Vega. Telescopic observat...

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    • Elizabeth Howell
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › VegaVega - Wikipedia

    Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only 25 light-years (7.7 parsecs) from the Sun, and one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood.

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  6. Sep 7, 2022 · Learn about Vega, the fifth-brightest nighttime star, and its history, pronunciation, and significance. Find out how to observe it in different seasons and why it is important for astronomy and culture.

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  7. Nov 5, 2023 · Vega is a bright white star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest in the sky and the second brightest in the northern hemisphere. It is a young, fast-rotating main sequence star that pulsates, has a debris disk, and will become a red giant in 500 million years.

  8. Vega. Vega, as seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Vega, brightest star in the northern constellation Lyra and fifth brightest in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of 0.03. It is also one of the Sun’s closer neighbours, at a distance of about 25 light-years. Vega’s spectral type is A (white) and its luminosity class V (main sequence).

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