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Sunrise: 5:55 
Transit: 12:28 
Sunset: 19:02
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μ Lyrae (mu Lyrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:39 | Tran: 23:43 | Set: 6:43
Alt: 33.87°   Az: 54.04°   Direction: North-East

μ Lyrae is a sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Lyra.

μ Lyrae visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Lyrae (mu Lyrae) star
DSS2 image of μ Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Lyrae during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 25m 04s
+39° 31’ 20”
19h 57m 35s
14h 22m 40s

J2000

18h 24m 13s
+39° 30’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

67.33°
21.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Lyrae (mu Lyrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.12
Sub-giant

-0.54
A3IV
9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Lyrae is distant 441.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

135.32
441.14
-24 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Lyrae
(mu Lyrae)
SAO66943
SAO66943

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ Lyrae (mu Lyrae) rise, transit and set times from Rosa Sanchez, Puerto Rico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Puerto_Rico):

Azimuth: 50.5°
Max altitude: 68.5°
Azimuth: 309.5°