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TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:01 
Sunset: 16:57
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12 Lacertae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:18 | Tran: 3:52 | Set: 7:25
Alt: -79.73°   Az: 305.45°   Direction: North-West

12 Lacertae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Lacerta.

12 Lacertae visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 12 Lacertae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 12 Lacertae star
DSS2 image of 12 Lacertae. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Lacertae during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 42m 37s
+40° 21’ 33”
11h 16m 03s
09h 58m 40s

J2000

22h 41m 28s
+40° 13’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

97.65°
-16.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 12 Lacertae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Giant

-2.90
B2III
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Lacertae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Lacertae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

12 Lacertae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 12 Lacertae double sysyem:

5.25
9.25
4
69 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Lacertae is distant 1,393.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

427.35
1,393.16
-15 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

12 Lacertae
SAO72627
SAO72627

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Lacertae rise, transit and set times from Nowra (AU) are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 49.6°
Max altitude: 14.8°
Azimuth: 310.4°