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Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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11 Lacertae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 15.16°   Az: 325.46°   Direction: North-West

11 Lacertae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Lacerta.

11 Lacertae visual magnitude is 4.46. Because of its moderate brightness, 11 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.

Image of 11 Lacertae star
DSS2 image of 11 Lacertae. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Lacertae during the next 1000 years (1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 41m 37s
+44° 24’ 34”
08h 40m 00s
07h 21m 38s

J2000

22h 40m 30s
+44° 16’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

99.56°
-12.57°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.46
Giant

-0.37
K2III
4069K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Lacertae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Lacertae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Lacertae is distant 301.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

92.51
301.57
-10 km/s
0.094 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

11 Lacertae
SAO52251
SAO52251

Visibility from Your Location

11 Lacertae is circumpolar and transits at 06:37 UTC (altitude: 82.9°)