Deneb

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Deneb
The Summer Triangle
CYGNUS
Vega
LYRA
Almost a quarter of the whole sky
More toward the east in June Overhead in
August Toward the west in October
Looking at the sky, the stars seem to all be at
the same distance.
Altair
SOUTH
AQUILA
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S C A L E M O D E L O F T H E S U M M E R T
R I A N G L E
Scale one mile one light year
1 6,000,000,000,000
At this scale, the stars themselves would be
about the size of a grain of sand .01 inch
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