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public  Brackel, Alemania Brackel, Alemania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 13:24 
Sunset: 21:45
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ι Lyrae (iota Lyrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:13 | Tran: 1:23 | Set: 12:37
Alt: 47.57°   Az: 269.71°   Direction: West

ι Lyrae is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Lyra.

ι Lyrae visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, ι 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 ι Lyrae (iota Lyrae) star
DSS2 image of ι Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Lyrae during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 08m 12s
+36° 08’ 29”
03h 46m 38s
22h 54m 51s

J2000

19h 07m 18s
+36° 06’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

67.23°
12.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Lyrae (iota Lyrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.28
Sub-giant

-1.75
B6IV
11744K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Lyrae is distant 831.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

255.10
831.63
-18 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Lyrae
(iota Lyrae)
SAO67834
SAO67834

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Lyrae (iota Lyrae) rise, transit and set times from Brackel, Alemania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 53.9°
Max altitude: 72.8°
Azimuth: 306.1°