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THE SKY GUY: A closer look at the Summer Triangle  

It is fun to see objects or images in the sky, although these are not really there. Perhaps the best example is The Big Dipper. These are called asterisms — the technical name for sky images.

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Let’s talk about another asterism which is in our night sky for about three quarters of the year. As a side note, most asterisms are made up of a part of an official constellation in our sky. The Summer Triangle, however, covers three constellations — Cygnus the Swan, Lyra the Lyre, and Aquila the Eagle. Wow!

So, what is the Summer Triangle and how do we find it? What is it? Well, it’s a triangle — laid out by the three brightest stars in the Summer Triangle. They are........

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