Constellation
The constellation Lyra
Lyr
Lyra gathers 37 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Vega, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around July.
Lyra in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 37
- Brightest star
- Vega
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- July
- With a proper name
- 4
- Nearest star
- Vega
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.03
Declination from 26° to 47°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
25 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 Lyra
The 37 stars of Lyra catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- VegaAlpha Lyrae0.03
- SulafatGamma Lyrae3.25
- SheliakBeta Lyrae3.52
- 13 Lyrae4.08
- Delta 2 Lyrae4.22
- Kappa Lyrae4.33
- Zeta 1 Lyrae4.34
- Theta Lyrae4.35
- AladfarEta Lyrae4.43
- Epsilon 2 Lyrae4.59
- Epsilon 1 Lyrae4.67
- HIP 920884.83
- Lambda Lyrae4.94
- 16 Lyrae5.00
- Mu Lyrae5.11
- HIP 930175.20
- 17 Lyrae5.20
- Nu 2 Lyrae5.22
- Iota Lyrae5.25
- HIP 932565.26
- HIP 912355.41
- HIP 928315.46
- HIP 909235.47
- HIP 938435.53
- HIP 894825.56
- Delta 1 Lyrae5.58
- HIP 937185.63
- HIP 927685.64
- HIP 918835.68
- HIP 933935.69
- Zeta 2 Lyrae5.73
- HIP 953525.85
- HIP 946305.88
- HIP 931045.89
- Nu 1 Lyrae5.93
- 19 Lyrae5.93
- HIP 928335.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.