Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Vega and Bluewalker, Adam Block
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Vega and Bluewalker

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Vega and Bluewalker

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With the advent of BlueWalker and era of mega-satellites- I took the opportunity to grab an image of it as it passed Vega from my backyard in Tucson, Arizona. I noted (from Heavens-Above) that it was going to pass near Vega as viewed from my home. Vega is a particularly special star as it historically served as THE definition of magnitude zero.  It is fitting then to see the bright reflectance of humanity's technological advance along with its potential to sully the skies compared with the celestial fiducial of Vega.

-adam

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Vega and Bluewalker, Adam Block