• Vega is about 1.58 million astronomical units (AU) away from Earth. 

• It would take about 658,000 years to travel from Earth to Vega in a spacecraft. 

Size

• Vega has a diameter of about 2.3 million mi (3.7 million km). This is about twice the size of the Sun.

• About 2.6 million Earths could fit inside of Vega. 

Shape 

• Vega has a sphere (round) shape.

Light

• Vega produces its own light. 

Temperature 

• Vega has a surface temperature of about 17,000°F.

• This is about 288 times hotter than the average temperature on Earth.  

• Vega is in the constellation Lyra. Lyra is visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• Vega is the 5th brightest star in the night sky.