Lyra

The Lyre
(Lyr)

    
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Brightest stars:

         ______epoch 2000.0______
 
         R Ascension   Declination m    Spectrum parallax common name
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Alpha  18h 36m 56.3s  38° 47' 1" 0.03v  A0Va      0.123"  Vega
Gamma  18h 58m 56.6s  32° 41' 22" 3.24   B9III     0.021"  Sulafat
Beta   18h 50m  4.8s  33° 21' 46" 3.45v  B8IIpe            Sheliak
13     18h 55m 20.1s  43° 56' 46" 4.04v  M5III             (R Lyr)
Delta 2 18h 54m 30.2s  36° 53' 56" 4.30v  M4II 
Kappa  18h 19m 51.7s  36° 3' 52" 4.33   K2IIIab   0.011" 
Theta  19h 16m 22.1s  38° 8' 1" 4.36   K0II      0.013" 
Zeta 1 18h 44m 46.4s  37° 36' 18" 4.36   A4m       0.031"
Eta    19h 13m 45.5s  39° 8' 46" 4.39   B2.5IV    0.002"
Lambda 19h  0m  0.9s  32° 8' 44" 4.93   K2.5III        
 



Deep sky objects:

 

M 56

 

M 57

                 ___epoch 2000.0___     m 
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NGC6720  M57  18h 53.5m    33° 2'     9.5    The Ring Nebula
NGC6779  M56  19h 16.6m    30° 11'     9.5    globular cluster
 





Neighbours: 
Vulpecula -Cygnus - Draco - Hercules

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