Tanabata
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Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival, is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi. According to legend, the M
Celebration in Tokyo, 2010
Women dressed in yukata at Tanabata
Japanese woodblock print of Tanabata festivities in Edo (Tokyo), 1852, by Hiroshige
Yashima Gakutei
Vega
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Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively cl
Tanabata
…Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day…
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra.
"On the night of July 16–17, 1850, Whipple and Bond made the first daguerreotype of a star (Vega)"
Size comparison of Vega (left) to the Sun (right)
Artist's concept of a recent massive collision of dwarf planet-sized objects that may have contributed to the dust ring around Vega