How to find the Summer Triangle ?
Published on 4 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 5th July 2010
The Summer Triangle is easy to spot in the night sky once you know what to look for.
How to see the Summer Triangle?
The summer triangle is made of three bright stars: Vega, Altair, and Deneb.
These three bright stars are part of three different constellations: Lyra (The Lyra), Aquila (The Eagle), and Cygnus (The Swan), in the order – respectively
The best way to spot the Summer Triangle is starting to look at the first stars to appear after the sunset.
Look at the East as the sky begins to glow dark then looking for the first star to appear oncoming night – this brightest star will be Vega in the constellation of Lyra (The Lyra).
Facing East – Look down to the right (SouthEast) from Vega to find Altair then to the upper left (NorthEast) from Altair to find Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), so that’s how you find the Summer Triangle.
See the SkyMap for the Summer Triangle from tonight through September, Vega will be nearly overhead at twilight.
