Star profile
Iota Lyrae
Hot blue starWhat is Iota Lyrae
Iota Lyrae is a hot blue B-type star in the small Lyre, that constellation crowned in northern summer by Vega. About 896 light-years away, its sharp light crosses a far greater distance than its famous neighbour’s, arriving faint but unmistakably blue. It shares its sky with the Ring Nebula, M57, one of the most photographed remnants of the end of a Sun-like star; yet Iota, far hotter, is still walking the young half of its own road, with any farewell still very far ahead.
Where it is and when to see it
Iota 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 Iota Lyrae
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.25
- Distance
- 896.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 286.826° · Dec 36.100°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93903 · HD 178475
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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 930175.20
- 17 Lyrae5.20
- Nu 2 Lyrae5.22
- HIP 932565.26
- HIP 912355.41