β-Lac (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , β-Lac is visible all night. It will become visible at around 18:18 (EST), 77° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:41, 77° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:14, when it sinks below 18° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
β-Lac
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 22h23m33s [4] |
| Declination: | +52°13'41" [4] |
| Constellation: | Lacerta |
| Magnitude: | 4.44 (V) [2] 5.71 (BT) [2] 4.54 (VT) [2] 4.13 (G) [4] 4.66 (BP) [4] 3.45 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 51.8 parsec 168.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.99 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 187.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 184.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.87 |
Sources