Star profile
11 Lacerta
What is 11 Lacerta
11 Lacertae is a quiet K-type orange star tucked into the small constellation of the Lizard, threaded between Cygnus and Andromeda. From around 333 light-years away, its light has been crossing the void since the years when Newton was still publishing. Lacerta was drawn into the sky in the late seventeenth century by Hevelius to fill a gap among larger figures, and 11 Lacertae belongs to that late stitching that finally closed the northern map.
Where it is and when to see it
11 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 11 Lacerta
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.50
- Distance
- 332.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 340.128° · Dec 44.276°
- Catalogue
- HIP 111944 · HD 214868
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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
- 1 Lacerta4.14
- 5 Lacerta4.34
- Beta Lacerta4.42
- HIP 1097544.50
- 6 Lacerta4.52
- 2 Lacerta4.55
- 4 Lacerta4.55