Star profile
14 Lacerta
Variable starWhat is 14 Lacerta
14 Lacertae is a massive blue B-type variable in a modern constellation, Lacerta, drawn by Hevelius in the 17th century to fill a gap between Cygnus and Andromeda. Its light crosses 1,137 years before reaching the eye: when it set out, the Christian kingdoms of the northern Iberian Peninsula were settling in after the first reconquest of the Duero valley. Its subtle variability earns it a place in the catalogues of blue pulsators, still being refined with each new photometric survey.
Where it is and when to see it
14 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 14 Lacerta
- Constellation
- Lacerta
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 1136.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 342.591° · Dec 41.953°
- Catalogue
- HIP 112778 · HD 216200
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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
- HIP 1130845.82
- HIP 1124175.84
- HIP 1112595.88
- HIP 1131745.91
- HIP 1120415.93