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4 Lacertae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 84.70°   Az: 107.64°   Direction: East-South-East

4 Lacertae is a supergiant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lacerta.

4 Lacertae visual magnitude is 4.57. Because of its moderate brightness, 4 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 4 Lacertae star
DSS2 image of 4 Lacertae. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Lacertae during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 25m 33s
+49° 36’ 20”
23h 28m 45s
21h 54m 18s

J2000

22h 24m 30s
+49° 28’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

99.9°
-6.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 4 Lacertae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.57
Supergiant

-4.49
B9I
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Lacertae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Lacertae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Lacertae is distant 2,116.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

649.35
2,116.88
-26 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO51970
SAO51970

Visibility from Your Location

4 Lacertae is circumpolar and transits at 06:36 UTC (altitude: 88.1°)