Constellations
Lyra (Lyr)
The Lyre
Also known as lyre, harp.
6 looks for Lyra
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Lyra
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Lyre
- IAU abbreviation
- Lyr
- Its stars are named
- Lyrae (as in "Alpha Lyrae")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in August
- Centre
- Right ascension 18h 48m, declination +36° 31′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 7 lines
- Brightest star
- Vega, magnitude 0.03
Star patterns in it: Summer Triangle.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Vega (α Lyr)mag 0.03
- Sulafat (γ Lyr)mag 3.24
- Sheliak (β Lyr)mag 3.45
- Nasr Alwaki (ζ1 Lyr)mag 4.09
- δ2 Lyrmag 4.30
- ε2 Lyrmag 4.50
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation