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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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19 Lyrae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:05 | Tran: 9:22 | Set: 18:38
Alt: 0.93°   Az: 324.54°   Direction: North-West

19 Lyrae is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lyra.

19 Lyrae visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Lyrae star
DSS2 image of 19 Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Lyrae during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 12m 43s
+31° 19’ 36”
09h 08m 55s
04h 21m 39s

J2000

19h 11m 45s
+31° 16’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

63.19°
9.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 19 Lyrae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
19 Lyrae is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-1.41
B9
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Lyrae is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Lyrae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Lyrae is distant 978.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

300.30
978.98
-30 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO67946
SAO67946

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Lyrae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.7°
Max altitude: 69.8°
Azimuth: 301.3°