May 8 2015
When Vega is North
When Vega is North
This picture appealed to me because it is a unique photo. The photo shows two large circles of stars and a landscape. One is for polaris today and the other is for Vega in 14000 CE. The comments underneath the picture state that within 12,000 years Vega, which is in the constellation of Lyra, will become the new North Star. Currently the North Star is Polaris, which is in the constellation of Ursa Minor, but with the shifting axis of rotation for Earth that will change. The comments continue to say that the images are simulated to show what the star field and the landscape will look like when Vega is the north star in 12,000 years.
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