Vega

=Vega  = =Lyra = 25.31 ly ==

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Lyra's Constellation Friends (Other (Constellation) stars)
Sheliak || Double'Double ||
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About Lyra
First locate the summer triangle, the brightest star out of the three stars is Vega. From there you should be able to see the constellation Lyra. I looks almost like a diamond with a line coming off of it, the line leads from Vega to Lyra.

** Mythology ** In Greek mythology the lyre was made by Hermes when he was just a child. Hermes gave the lyre to his half-brother Apollo who then gave it to Orpheus, who was taught how to use the instrument from the Muses. When Orpheus's wife,Eurydice, died Orpheus played the lyre and convinced Hades to release Eurydice by making a promise that he wouldn't look back at her on the journey home. But when they were almost there Orpheus glanced back at his wife and she was lost forever. The lyre was said to have been thrown in the river Hebrus when the Maenads invaded Orpheus's home town and threw both his head and the lyre into the river. The lyre floated to Lesbos near Apollos temple, then Apollo took the lyre and convinced Zeus to make the lyre into a constellation.


 * 1) look at the star from two locations(from opposite sides of the sun)
 * 2) measure the angle distance that the star appeared to move
 * 3) last convert angle by dividing 1 by the angle

1/0.1289=7.758pc 7.758pc(3.262ly/1pc)=25.31ly