alpha lyrae is the name of the brightest star in the constellation lyra.
alpha lyrae is the name of the brightest star in the constellation lyra.
name of the brightest star in the constellation lyra?
alpha lyrae
the brightest star in the constellation is vega (alpha lyrae), a main-sequence star of spectral type a0va. only 7.7 parsecs distant, is a delta scuti variable, varying between magnitudes −0.02 and 0.07 over 0.2 days. on average, it is the second-brightest star of a northern hemisphere (after arcturus) and the fifth-brightest star in all, surpassed only by arcturus, alpha centauri, canopus, and sirius. vega was the pole star in the year 12,000 bce, and will again become the pole star around 14,000 ce.
lyra
lyra in chinese astronomy









































according to traditional chinese uranography, the modern constellation lyra is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the black tortoise of the north (北方玄武, "běi fāng xuán wǔ").









































the name of the western constellation in modern chinese is 天琴座 ("tiān qín zuò"), meaning "the celestial zither constellation".









































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the map of chinese constellation in constellation lyra area consists of :









































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lyra in chinese astronomy