κ-Lyr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , κ-Lyr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (EDT), 81° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:24, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:54, when it sinks below 18° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
κ-Lyr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h19m51s [4] |
| Declination: | +36°03'53" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lyra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.32 (V) [2] 5.82 (BT) [2] 4.45 (VT) [2] 4.00 (G) [4] 4.58 (BP) [4] 3.28 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 78.3 parsec 255.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.17 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 44.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 337.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.15 |
Sources