데네브 vs 베가

Property 데네브 베가
명칭 50Alp Cyg 3Alp Lyr
별자리 Cygnus Lyra
분광형 Class A — A-type (White) Class A — A-type (White)
겉보기 등급 +1.25 +0.03
절대 등급 -6.93 0.60
거리 1,412 ly 25.0 ly
질량 N/A N/A
반지름 N/A N/A
온도 N/A N/A
광도 N/A N/A

Key Differences

  • Both are A-type stars in the Summer Triangle, but they differ enormously in distance and luminosity.
  • Vega is only 25 light-years away; Deneb is the most distant first-magnitude star at ~2,615 light-years.
  • Deneb is intrinsically about 196,000 times more luminous than the Sun; Vega is 40 times more luminous.
  • Vega was the original photometric zero-magnitude reference star.
  • Deneb is a white supergiant with a radius ~203 R☉; Vega is a near-main-sequence star with radius ~2.4 R☉.

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