Summer Triangle

English

Proper noun

Summer Triangle

(uranography) A bright asterism of the northern summer sky. Its corners are the three 1st-magnitude stars Altair (α Aql), Deneb (α Cyg), and Vega (α Lyr).

Translations

asterism

Finnish: Kesäkolmio (fi)
French: Triangle d'été m
German: Sommerdreieck (de) n

Italian: Triangolo Estivo m
Japanese: 夏の大三角形 (Natsu no Daisankak(u)kei)
Russian: Ле́тне-осе́нний треуго́льник (Létne-osénnij treugólʹnik)

See also

Winter Triangle

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