The star 5-Lac
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , 5-Lac is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible around 18:41 (EST) as the dusk sky fades, 25° above your north-western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 55 minutes after the Sun at 23:29 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:01 – 5 hours and 39 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 23° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 05:34.
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Name
5-Lac
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Lacerta |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.37 (V) [1] 6.45 (BT) [1] 4.55 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.62 |
| Right ascension: | 22h29m31s [1] |
| Declination: | +47°42'24" [1] |
| Distance: | 505.1 parsec 1646.5 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.4 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 186.3° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -4.14 |