9 Lacertae
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 59.22°
Az: 290.64°
Direction: West-North-West
9 Lacertae is a sub-giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Lacerta.
9 Lacertae visual magnitude is 4.63. Because of its moderate brightness, 9 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.
DSS2 image of 9 Lacertae. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Lacertae during the next
1000 years (-0.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.68 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 9 Lacertae.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Lacertae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Lacertae.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
9 Lacertae is distant 172.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
9 Lacertae is circumpolar and transits at 06:37 UTC (altitude: 89.8°)