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About the Object	Object Name: Vega (Alpha Lyr; HD 172167) Object Type: Circumstellar disk / Variable star Position (J2000): RA: 18h36m56.34s Dec: +38d47m01.3s Distance: 25 light-years (7.8 parsecs) Magnitude: 0.03 Constellation: SLyra (the Harp)
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Su (University of Arizona) Release Date: 10 January 2005
Observers	K. Su (University of Arizona)

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