Summertime stargazers have a new celestial gathering to look for in the night sky, along with a reason to dust off their telescopes.
The Summer Triangle is now visible in the eastern sky after nightfall. It is not a constellation, but rather a formation of three bright stars: Vega, Altair and Deneb.
The stars can easily be spotted with the unaided eye, and scattered around the triangle are four other celestial objects that require a telescope to see.
"Inside and around this region are deep-sky objects like the Dumbbell Nebula, the Ring Nebula, the North America Nebula, and the Veil Nebula," NASA said.
"These objects are not bright like planets, but with telescopes or long exposure photography, they reveal glowing gas, dying stars, and stellar nurseries in our galaxy," NASA explained.
