hip-94311

Variable star

Its story

19 Lyrae shines 891 light-years away in the small but illustrious constellation of the Lyre, home of Vega. It is an Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable: its light wavers not from pulsations but because its surface carries patches of uneven chemical composition that rotate along with it. With each turn, the star shows us a different face and, with it, a faintly shifting brightness.

Constellation: Lyra
Apparent magnitude: 5.93
Distance: 891.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 287.942° · Dec 31.283°
Catalogue: HIP 94311 · HD 179527

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