The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in our night sky. As soon as it gets dark ...

It’s certainly not one of the largest constellations, but Lyra the Harp is very distinctive and also possesses a super bright star. It’s Vega, the third-brightest nighttime star we can see ...

Vega's constellation, Lyra, was supposed to represent Apollo’s harp. Officially, Lyra is a lyre — a stringed instrument of the harp family used to accompany a singer or reader of poetry ...

Although Lyra the Harp is a small constellation in the northern sky, it offers a wide range of objects for deep-sky and double-star observers. Bill and Sally Fletcher.

Patient skywatchers will be able to see fireballs rain down from the constellation of Lyra, the harp. The annual Eta Lyrids meteor shower will peak tonight (May 9), offering skywatchers the ...

Vega is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and comes in at No. 5 of the moist luminous stars in the night sky. Vega was the pole star, around 12,000 B.C., and will return to that special ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A non-profit organization took their free harp lessons online after the pandemic shut down the city. In February, we covered a story on the Lyra Society, which offers free ...

The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in the Pottsville night sky. As soon as it ...