Star profile
Zeta 2 Lyrae
What is Zeta 2 Lyrae
Zeta-2 Lyrae is a white subgiant spinning at 212 km/s, fast enough to broaden its spectral lines. It belongs to a multiple system that some studies suggest may hold up to seven components, hidden 156 light-years away inside the small Lyre: the same constellation that holds Vega, one of the brightest stars in the northern sky.
Where it is and when to see it
Zeta 2 Lyrae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July: 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 Zeta 2 Lyrae
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 155.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 281.201° · Dec 37.595°
- Catalogue
- HIP 91973 · HD 173649
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Other stars in Lyra
Lyra has 37 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- VegaAlpha Lyrae0.03
- SulafatGamma Lyrae3.25
- SheliakBeta Lyrae3.52
- HIP 927685.64
- HIP 918835.68
- HIP 933935.69
- HIP 953525.85
- HIP 946305.88