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public  Makurdi, Nigeria Makurdi, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:13 
Transit: 12:29 
Sunset: 18:45
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θ Lyrae (theta Lyrae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:39 | Tran: 1:05 | Set: 7:28
Alt: 45.31°   Az: 41.44°   Direction: North-East

θ Lyrae is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lyra.

θ Lyrae visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, θ 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 θ Lyrae (theta Lyrae) star
DSS2 image of θ Lyrae. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Lyrae during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 17m 15s
+38° 10’ 49”
21h 34m 45s
16h 52m 00s

J2000

19h 16m 22s
+38° 08’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

69.9°
11.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Lyrae (theta Lyrae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Hypergiant

-2.50
K0II
4194K

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

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

Star System Properties

θ Lyrae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the θ Lyrae double sysyem:

4.36
9.06
4.7
100.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Lyrae is distant 768.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

235.85
768.87
-31 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Lyrae
(theta Lyrae)
SAO68065
SAO68065

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Lyrae (theta Lyrae) rise, transit and set times from Makurdi, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 51.8°
Max altitude: 59.6°
Azimuth: 308.2°