Star profile
1 Lacerta
What is 1 Lacerta
1 Lacertae opens the Flamsteed catalogue for a late, quiet constellation —drawn by Hevelius in the 17th century between Cygnus and Andromeda. It is an orange K-type giant whose light, born more than six centuries ago, was already travelling when Europe was redrawing its star charts. At magnitude 4.1 it is barely a whisper to the naked eye, yet it presides over its corner of the autumn sky with an ancient, amber calm.
Where it is and when to see it
1 Lacerta lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 18° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 52° S.
It ranks no. 2 in brightness among the 36 stars of Lacerta in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Lacerta, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 620 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 1 Lacerta
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.14
- Distance
- 621.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 333.992° · Dec 37.749°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109937 · HD 211388
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Other stars in Lacerta
Lacerta has 36 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Lacerta3.76
- 5 Lacerta4.34
- Beta Lacerta4.42
- HIP 1097544.50
- 11 Lacerta4.50
- 6 Lacerta4.52
- 2 Lacerta4.55
- 4 Lacerta4.55