Reply To: Module 4 – School Self Evaluation & Science Skills

[Frances McCarthy]

Cillian,

check your units – Vega isn’t that far away! it is only 25 light years.

Vega is one of my favourite stars and is so easy to see in the sky in the Summer – just look straight up when it first gets dark.

It is great to compare it to Deneb, which appears a little bit dimmer, but is 1400 light years away. This makes you think how bright it must be, if it is so much further away, yet looks only slightly dimmer.