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Summer Triangle with Jupiter

by

L.Laveder/Novapix

Reference

a-cst01-10010

Date

2009-08-29

Summer Triangle is an asterism made of three bright stars: Deneb (top left in Cygnus, Vega (top right in Lyra) and Altaïr (middle right in Aquila).
Below, the brightest star is in fact a planet, Jupiter, seen on august 18 2009 during opposition. Constellations are drawn.