Summer Triangles over Japan
			
		
		
			Image Credit & Copyright:  
Shingo Takei 
(TWAN)
		
		
			Have you ever seen the Summer Triangle?
The bright stars 
Vega, 
Deneb, and 
Altair form a large triangle on the sky that can be seen rising in the northern early spring during the morning and 
rising in the northern fall during the evening. 
During summer months, the 
triangle can be found nearly overhead near midnight. 
Featured here, the 
Summer Triangle 
asterism was captured last month from 
Gunma, 
Japan.
In the foreground, sporting a triangular shape of its own, is a flowering 500 year 
old cherry tree, 
standing about 15 meters tall. 
The triangular shape 
of 
the asterism 
is only evident from the direction of Earth -- 
in actuality the 
stars are thousands of light years apart in space.