The star 16-Lyr
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , 16-Lyr is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible around 18:00 (EST) as the dusk sky fades, 22° above your north-western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 16 minutes after the Sun at 22:04 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 00:24 – 6 hours and 54 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 36° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 06:07.
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Name
16-Lyr
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Lyra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.01 (V) [1] 5.24 (BT) [1] 5.03 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.17 |
| Right ascension: | 19h01m26s [1] |
| Declination: | +46°56'05" [1] |
| Distance: | 37.4 parsec 122.1 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 87.8 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 172.0° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.14 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.