summer
Lyra & Vega
The lyre and the fifth-brightest star — Vega anchors the Summer Triangle and defines photographic white.
Core Biological & Field Specifications
Brightest star
Vega — 5th brightest, 25 light-years
Key feature
Small parallelogram of stars beside Vega
Best seen
Summer evenings, overhead
Deep-sky
M57 Ring Nebula — the smoke ring in the lyre