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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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13 Lyrae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 65.26°   Az: 266.45°   Direction: West

13 Lyrae is a variable giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Lyra.

13 Lyrae visual magnitude is 4.04. Because of its moderate brightness, 13 Lyrae 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 13 Lyrae star
DSS2 image of 13 Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Lyrae during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 56m 06s
+43° 58’ 48”
02h 21m 56s
21h 18m 03s

J2000

18h 55m 20s
+43° 56’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

73.81°
17.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Lyrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.04
Giant

-1.11
M5III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Lyrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Lyrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Lyrae is distant 349.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

107.18
349.41
-28 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO47919
SAO47919

Visibility from Your Location

13 Lyrae is circumpolar and transits at 02:44 UTC (altitude: 82.5°)