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public  Winterbach, Germany Winterbach, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:27 
Transit: 13:26 
Sunset: 21:25
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κ Lyrae (kappa Lyrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:03 | Tran: 0:46 | Set: 10:32
Alt: 47.53°   Az: 85.64°   Direction: East

κ Lyrae is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Lyra.

κ Lyrae visual magnitude is 4.33. Because of its moderate brightness, κ Lyrae 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 κ Lyrae (kappa Lyrae) star
DSS2 image of κ Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Lyrae during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 20m 45s
+36° 04’ 37”
20h 14m 23s
14h 35m 09s

J2000

18h 19m 51s
+36° 03’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

63.52°
21.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Lyrae (kappa Lyrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.33
Giant

0.02
K2III
4368K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Lyrae is distant 237.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

72.94
237.78
-22 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Lyrae
(kappa Lyrae)
SAO66869
SAO66869

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ Lyrae (kappa Lyrae) rise, transit and set times from Winterbach, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 53.9°
Max altitude: 77.3°
Azimuth: 306.1°