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    The path from Arcturus to Vega

    Jun 09, 2021 2 minutes
    by Fred Schaaf

    A pair of oft-overlooked zero-magnitude stellar jewels shine low in the northern sky on July evenings. One of them, Arcturus, is in the northwest and starting to descend. Vega is approaching the meridian around 10:00pm.

    Both are the Alpha stars of their respective constellations. Vega dominates little Lyra, the Lyre, while

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