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16 Lyrae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 49.88°   Az: 289.32°   Direction: West-North-West

16 Lyrae is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Lyra.

16 Lyrae visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, 16 Lyrae 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 16 Lyrae star
DSS2 image of 16 Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Lyrae during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 02m 09s
+46° 58’ 20”
04h 12m 07s
23h 14m 16s

J2000

19h 01m 26s
+46° 56’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

77.15°
17.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Lyrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Main-sequence

2.05
A7V
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Lyrae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Lyrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 Lyrae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 16 Lyrae double sysyem:

5.01
11.31
6.3
200 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Lyrae is distant 127.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

39.15
127.64
8 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
-0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO48011
SAO48011

Visibility from Your Location

16 Lyrae is circumpolar and transits at 03:10 UTC (altitude: 85.5°)