Vega, also designated α Lyrae, is the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra, the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, and the second-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus.

Surface temperature: 9,602 K

Magnitude: 0.03

Distance to Earth: 25.05 light years

Constellation: Lyra

Spectral type: A0V

Did you know: From Earth, Vega is being observed from the direction of one of these poles.