Constellation
The constellation Lacerta
Lac
Lacerta gathers 36 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Lacerta, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Lacerta in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 36
- Brightest star
- Alpha Lacerta
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Alpha Lacerta
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.76
Declination from 36° to 57°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
103 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Lacerta
The 36 stars of Lacerta catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Lacerta3.76
- 1 Lacerta4.14
- 5 Lacerta4.34
- Beta Lacerta4.42
- HIP 1097544.50
- 11 Lacerta4.50
- 6 Lacerta4.52
- 2 Lacerta4.55
- 4 Lacerta4.55
- 9 Lacerta4.64
- 10 Lacerta4.89
- 15 Lacerta4.95
- HIP 1132884.99
- HIP 1091025.09
- HIP 1117955.11
- 13 Lacerta5.11
- 12 Lacerta5.25
- HIP 1133275.34
- HIP 1095215.38
- HIP 1127315.43
- HIP 1097455.53
- 16 Lacerta5.60
- HIP 1098315.72
- HIP 1113625.72
- HIP 1115465.73
- HIP 1132225.73
- HIP 1130485.79
- HIP 1125905.82
- HIP 1130845.82
- HIP 1124175.84
- HIP 1112595.88
- 14 Lacerta5.91
- HIP 1131745.91
- HIP 1120415.93
- HIP 1122415.93
- HIP 1119255.94
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.