Monday, July 30, 2012

In August, the summer  triangle stars are directly overhead at night.  The brightest of those stars is Vega.  When we knew our llama Vega was having a cria, we researched her name, learned about the summer triangle, and chose the name of one of the other two stars for her baby - Altair.
Here is a picture of our Vega. 
And here is a picture of the August night sky with the "other" vega :

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