Vega

Star Log

Chemical Make-Up: Iron Abundance - (Fe/H = -0.57) Mostly Hydrogen with helium "ash", it's a young star. "Vega has an unusually low abundance of the elements with a higher atomic number than that of helium."

Location in Space: 25 light years from Earth Right ascension: 18h 36m 56.3s, dec: +38° 47′ 1.3″.

Spectrum Analysis: Hydrogen Spectrum

Stellar Classification: "A" Type Star

Photographs: Vega compared to our Sun

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