Every year on the seventh day of the seventh month Hikoboshi tries to cross the celestial river to be with his love, but he is unable to cross, and Orihime's tears of sadness can be seen streaking through the skies (known as the Perseid Meteor Shower). After Orihime's father, Emperor Tentei, found out about their love, he forbade them from seeing one another and placed them in the sky separated by the celestial river (known as The Milky Way). In Japenese mythology, one of the stories goes that Tanabata or Orihime (known as Vega) fell in love with a mortal Kengyu or Hikoboshi (known as the star Altair). At 25 light years away, it is the 6th star closest to our Sun and the brightest of the Lyra constellation, thus having the nickname "The Harp Star." The name Vega derives from the Arabic word for Stone Eagle. Located in the constellation of Lyra, Vega is the 5th brightest star in the night sky and the 2nd brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere. ![]() ![]() Vega (also called Alpha Lyrae and, no, it was not named after the guy in Street Fighter) is one of the most important stars in the sky.after our Sun, of course.
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