β-Lyr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , β-Lyr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 76° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:50, 80° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:49, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
β-Lyr
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h50m06s [1] |
| Declination: | +33°21'06" [1] |
| Constellation: | Lyra |
| Magnitude: | 6.70 (V) [1] 6.66 (BT) [1] 6.69 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 11.8 mas/yr[1] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 127.1° |
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