1. Deneb
The Summer Triangle
CYGNUS
Vega
LYRA
Almost a quarter of the whole sky
More toward the east in June
Overhead in August
Toward the west in October
Looking at the sky, the stars seem to all be at the same distance.
Altair
SOUTH
AQUILA
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2. Scale: one mile = one light year
S C A L E M O D E L O F T H E S U M M E R T R I A N G L E
Scale: one mile = one light year
1 : 6,000,000,000,000
Oshkosh
Omro
Redgranite
Wautoma
Hwy 21
Hwy 49
LAKE WINNEBAGO
Deneb
Vega
Altair
The sun
At this scale,
the stars themselves would be
about the size of a grain of sand
.01 inch
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