1 Lacertae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:25 | Tran: 7:36 | Set: 18:43

Alt: 72.29° Az: 226.08° Direction: South-West

1 Lacertae is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Lacerta.

1 Lacertae visual magnitude is 4.13. Because of its moderate brightness, 1 Lacertae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 1 Lacertae. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Lacertae during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 17m 04s

Declination +37° 52’ 33”

Hour Angle 01h 04m 27s

Sidereal Time 23h 21m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 15m 58s

Declination +37° 44’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 91.93°

Galactic Latitude -15.59°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.13

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -2.29

Spectral Type K3II

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature 3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Lacertae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Lacertae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Lacertae is distant 626.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 192.31

Distance (light year) 626.92

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 1 Lacertae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211388

SAO Catalogue SAO72191

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109937

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 4526

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Lacertae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.1° RISE 20:25

Max altitude: 76.4° TRANSIT 7:36

Azimuth: 307.9° SET 18:43

Set Location

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