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Sulafat - γ Lyrae (gamma Lyrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:10 | Tran: 1:46 | Set: 11:18
Alt: 3.56°   Az: 322.33°   Direction: South-South-West

Sulafat, also designated as γ Lyrae (gamma Lyrae), is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Lyra.

Sulafat visual magnitude is 3.24. Because of its moderate brightness, Sulafat 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 Sulafat - γ Lyrae (gamma Lyrae) star
DSS2 image of Sulafat. The red arrow shows the motion of Sulafat during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 59m 53s
+32° 43’ 32”
08h 54m 07s
03h 54m 01s

J2000

18h 58m 56s
+32° 41’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

63.32°
12.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Sulafat - γ Lyrae (gamma Lyrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.24
Giant

-3.21
B9III
10795K

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

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

Star System Properties

Sulafat is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Sulafat double sysyem:

3.24
11.54
8.3
176.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Sulafat is distant 634.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

194.55
634.24
-21 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Sulafat
γ Lyrae
(gamma Lyrae)
SAO67663
SAO67663

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Sulafat - γ Lyrae (gamma Lyrae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°