What is Vega?

[BrilloPad]

Someone told me that this is same risk as Las Vegas.

But I always thought it meant the risk is getting Vaguer.

Which is correct?

[scooterscot]

A star in the Lyra constellation

[Pondlife]

Astronomy and aerospace
Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

Transportation
Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

Organizations and businesses
Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

Places
Vega, Norway
Vega, Haninge, Sweden
Vega, Texas
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Fiction
Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

Music
Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

Other uses
Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility
VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
Grass valley, or vega or valle



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[HairyArsedBloke]

Astronomy and aerospace
Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

Transportation
Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

Organizations and businesses
Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

Places
Vega, Norway
Vega, Haninge, Sweden
Vega, Texas
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Fiction
Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

Music
Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

Other uses
Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
>>>> Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility <<<<
VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
Grass valley, or vega or valle



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[Spacecadet]

Astronomy and aerospace
Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

Transportation
Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

Organizations and businesses
Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

Places
Vega, Norway
Vega, Haninge, Sweden
Vega, Texas
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Fiction
Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

Music
Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

Other uses
Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility
VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
Grass valley, or vega or valle



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You missed out
Mindy Vega
Vega Vixen

(don't google for those two at work!)

[BrilloPad]

Coming sooner - thread asking about the meaning of majestic.......

[ace00]

You missed out
Mindy Vega
Vega Vixen

(don't google for those two at work!)

My porn name is: Rod Tiger

[voodooflux]

You missed out
Mindy Vega
Vega Vixen

(don't google for those two at work!)

And Suzanne Vega (probably safe for work)

[darmstadt]

And Suzanne Vega (probably safe for work)

And Alan Vega of seminal band Suicide

[Bob Dalek]

Vic Vega: Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs.