St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: October 10, 2021

Press release from St. Louis Science Center:

October 10, 2021

Tonight at 8 pm the bright star directly overhead is called Vega. This bright A-class star is only 25 light years away in the constellation Lyra. Vega rotates every 12.5 hours and has been discovered to have a belt of debris around it. It will also become the North Star in roughly 12,000 years thanks to precession.

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