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| Vega | |
| Spectral | A0 V |
| Type | Main Sequence |
| Luminosity | 37 ± 3 LSol |
| Absolute magnitude | 0.58 |
| Mag Terra | 0.03 (5th) |
| Temperature | 9602 ± 180 K° K |
| Mass | 2.11 MSol |
| Radius | {2.26 × 2.78} RSol |
Vega or Alpha Lyrae is a star located only 7.751 parsecs from Terra. Vega is a A0V star (main sequence), though only twice as massive as Sol, it burns at 50 times the power.
If viewed along the plane of its equator, Vega would look about 20% fainter than at the poles as the star rotates at 93% of the speed that would cause it to start breaking up from centrifugal effects (with a rotation period of about 12.5 hours).
Vega is the 5th brightest star as seen from Terra. Vega is not significantly large nor massive nor bright (as far as the galactic population is concerned). Vega is bright relative to most of the stars in Charted Space.
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