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Vega

color

Vega is a blue-white star

This is because the temperature of this star is 9602k

Astronomers use the h-r diagram. They can learn more


about the age, distance, and evolution of star clusters.
Astronomers also use this to compare stars, to predict
their future and the energy they’ll release. We can see
the mass, temperature, luminosity, stellar and class on
h-r diagrams.
age
What is Vega’s age?
The age of Vega is 450 million years old.

How do we determine the age of a star?


Astronomers determined this by using a technique. Stars are
always spinning, so finding the mass and rotation rate can
help determine this. Magnetic fields and stellar winds slow
down the star’s rotation as the star ages, so because of that
in about one billion years stars sharing the same mass and
age will have the same spin rate.

How do we find the rotation rate?


Rotation rate can be determined by using star spots.
Using telescopes such as the Kepler, astronomers watch a
star’s starspot. They watch for changes in brightness
because the star’s starspots will show less bright everytime
they face the telescope. The more starspots a star has, the
harder time astronomer’s have.

How can we determine a cluster’s age by using the


stars within it? When looking at the mass of main
sequence stars going through their last main
sequence phase within their cluster we can
determine the age of the cluster because the age of
it is equivalent the cluster’s age. We can find out the
age of a main sequence star in it’s last main
sequence phase because
Star type
This star is
a main
sequence
star. Within
its core
hydrogen
and helium
are fused.
Type of cluster
Vega belongs to the M13 closed
globular cluster. 100,000 and more
stars make up this globular cluster.
Edmond Halley is credited as the
first person to observe, recognize,
and ponder this cluster. His
observations took place in 1714.
Planets or no planets
There is speculation that this star has
planets. However, none have currently
been discovered. Moreover, Vega does
have an asteroid belt, composed of
rocky debris and comets. This asteroid
belt is remains from Vega’s protostellar
disk. We were able to finally observe this
in 2013. The dust produced from
collisions made between comets allowed
astronomers to see it.
Dust disk
This star also has a
dusk disk around it.
Astronomers predict
two planets or objects
the size of Pluto
collided, creating the
surrounding dust ring.
Next step for vega
This star will undergo changes. It
will eventually become a red
giant. This is because the star
has limited hydrogen, causing the
nuclear fusion process to end. A
shell of hydrogen starts to burn
around the core because of the
temperature rise from gravity
trying to stabilize the star. After,
the star begins to expand
because of hydrogen fusion. It is
now then that it can be a red
giant. Red will be seen from Vega
when it reaches this point. After it
has become a red giant it will
become a white dwarf.
Constellation

Vega is apart of the


Lyra constellation
and it is the
brightest during
July. Vega is the
brightest star in the
night sky in the
east. Vega takes its
home in our Milky
Way Galaxy.

Vega shares the


constellation with a
nebula, the ring
nebula.
sources
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-spac
e-telescope/how-nasas-roman-telescope-w
ill-measure-ages-of-stars/

https://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY4_00/wee
k7/cluster_ages.html#:~:text=As%20a%20
cluster%20ages%2C%20the,lifetime%20of
%20the%20turnoff%20stars.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PI
A07218

https://theskylive.com/sky/stars/vega-alpha
-lyrae-star

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/sci
ence/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-
catalog/messier-13/

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/collisio
n-forms-rings-around-vega/

https://www.space.com/19190-asteroid-belt
-vega-hidden-planets.html

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