The Lyre
Lyra
Genitive: Lyrae · abbreviation Lyr
Best evening month
August
Visible from
60°S to 90°N
Centre RA
18h 36m 00s
Centre Dec
+30° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
The lyre of Orpheus, whose music could charm stones. Its brilliant star Vega was the northern pole star around 12,000 BC.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag 0.03
Vega
α Lyrae · HIP 91262
- mag 3.25
Sulafat
γ Lyrae · HIP 93194
- mag 3.52
Sheliak
β Lyrae · HIP 92420
- mag 4.08
13 Lyrae
HIP 92862
- mag 4.22
δ2 Lyrae
HIP 92791
- mag 4.33
κ Lyrae
HIP 89826
- mag 4.34
Nasr Alwaki
ζ1 Lyrae · HIP 91971
- mag 4.35
θ Lyrae
HIP 94713
- mag 4.43
Aladfar
η Lyrae · HIP 94481
- mag 4.59
ε2 Lyrae
HIP 91926
