Star profile
Nu 2 Lyrae
What is Nu 2 Lyrae
Nu-2 Lyrae shines white at 232 light-years, inside the small but celebrated Lyre that the musician Orpheus once held in classical myth. Its A-type spectrum speaks of a young, hot star — the kind that fills the opening pages of any spectroscopy course. The Lyre gathers here one more note within its short constellation: tiny in celestial surface, vast in musical and mythical history.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 82° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 57° S.
It ranks no. 18 in brightness among the 37 stars of Lyra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Vega, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 230 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Nu 2 Lyrae
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.22
- Distance
- 231.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 282.470° · Dec 32.551°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92405 · HD 174602
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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
- Mu Lyrae5.11
- HIP 930175.20
- 17 Lyrae5.20
- Iota Lyrae5.25
- HIP 932565.26