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s in the constellation

Constellation

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Lyra
Lyra
Lyra is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Its principal star, Vega — a corner of the Summer Triangle — is one of the brightest...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
Vega Vega Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus...	α	3	172167	91262	0.03	0.58	25	A0Vvar	Wega, Fidis, Harp Star, Al Nesr al Waki, Vulture Cadens; 5th brightest star, has a dust disk Protoplanetary disk A protoplanetary disk is a rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star, a T Tauri star, or Herbig Ae/Be star... and possible planets Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... ; δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...
γ Lyr Gamma Lyrae Gamma Lyrae is a star in the constellation Lyra. It has the traditional names Sulafat , from the Arabic al-sulḥafāt "turtle", and Jugum, from the Latin "yoke"...	γ	14	176437	93194	3.25	−3.20	634	B9III	Sulafat, Sulaphat
β Lyr Beta Lyrae Beta Lyrae is a binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Beta Lyrae has the traditional name Sheliak , from الشلياق šiliyāq, the Arabic name of the constellation Lyra.Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing semi-detached binary system made up of a B7II primary star and...	β	10	174638	92420	3.52	−3.64	881	A8:V comp SB	Sheliak, Shelyak, Shiliak; prototype of β Lyr variables Beta Lyrae variable Beta Lyrae variables are a class of close binary stars. Their total brightness is variable because the two component stars orbit each other, and in this orbit one component periodically passes in front of the other one, thereby blocking its light. The two component stars of Beta Lyrae systems are... ; multiple star system Star system A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars which orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction. A large number of stars bound by gravitation is generally called a star cluster or galaxy, although, broadly speaking, they are also star systems.-Binary star systems:A stellar...
R Lyr R Lyrae R Lyrae is a 4th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 350 light years away from Earth. It is a red giant star of the spectral type M5III, meaning it has a surface temperature of under 3,500 kelvins. It is much larger and brighter, yet cooler, than our Sun. It is a semiregular...		13	175865	92862	4.08	−1.07	349	M5IIIvar	semiregular variable
δ² Lyr	δ²	12	175588	92791	4.22	−2.98	898	M4IIvar	Called "Agape Agape Agape is one of the Greek words translated into English as love, one which became particularly appropriated in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for mankind. In the New Testament, it refers to the fatherly love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term... " in the film K-PAX K-PAX (film) K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction and mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on a novel of the same name by Brewer about a psychiatric patient who...
κ Lyr Kappa Lyrae Kappa Lyrae is a 4th magnitude star approximately 238 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. It is an orange giant star of the spectral type is K2III, meaning it possesses a surface temperature of 3,500 to 5,000 kelvins. It is cooler, yet larger and brighter, than our Sun. It is...	κ	1	168775	89826	4.33	0.02	238	K2IIIvar
ζ¹ Lyr	ζ¹	6	173648	91971	4.34	0.97	154	Am	Called "Satori Satori is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment that literally means "understanding". In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a flash of sudden awareness, or individual enlightenment, and is considered a "first step" or embarkation toward nirvana.... " in the film K-PAX K-PAX (film) K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction and mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on a novel of the same name by Brewer about a psychiatric patient who...
θ Lyr Theta Lyrae Theta Lyrae is a star in a trinary star system, in the constellation Lyra, approximately 770 light years away from Earth. Theta Lyrae is an orange bright giant star of the spectral type K0II, meaning it possesses a surface temperature of about 5,000 kelvins, and is many times bigger and brighter,...	θ	21	180809	94713	4.35	−2.51	769	K0II
η Lyr Eta Lyrae Eta Lyrae is a star in the constellation Lyra. It has the traditional name Aladfar, from the Arabic الأظفر al-’uz̧fur "the talons ", a name it shares with Mu Lyrae .Eta Lyrae belongs to spectral class B2.5IV and has apparent magnitude of +4.39...	η	20	180163	94481	4.43	−3.09	1042	B2.5IV	Aladfar
ε² Lyr A	ε²	5	173607	91926	4.59	1.13	160	A8Vn	component of the ε Lyr system; binary star Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...
ε¹ Lyr A	ε¹	4	173582	91919	4.67	1.19	162	F1V	component of the ε Lyr system; binary star
			173780	92088	4.83	0.39	252	K3III
λ Lyr Lambda Lyrae Lambda Lyrae is a 5th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 1,500 light years away from Earth. It is an orange giant star of the spectral type K2.5III, meaning it has a surface temperature of 3,500 to 5,000 kelvins. It is much brighter and larger, yet cooler, than our Sun....	λ	15	176670	93279	4.94	−3.43	1538	K3III
16 Lyr 16 Lyrae 16 Lyrae is a 5th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 128 light years away from Earth. It is a white star of the spectral type A7V, meaning it has a surface temperature of 7,500 to 11,000 kelvins. It is a dwarf star, like our Sun, but much hotter and brighter....		16	177196	93408	5.00	2.04	128	A7V
μ Lyr Mu Lyrae Mu Lyrae is a star in the constellation Lyra. It has the traditional name Alathfar, from the Arabic الأظفر al-’uz̧fur "the talons ", a name it shares with Eta Lyrae .Mu Lyrae has apparent magnitude 5.12 and belongs to the spectral class A3IVn.Coordinates Mu Lyrae (μ Lyr, μ Lyrae) is a star in the...	μ	2	169702	90191	5.11	−0.55	441	A3IVn	Alathfar, Al Athfar
HD 176051 HD 176051 HD 176051 is a spectroscopic binary star system located approximately 49 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. The pair orbit with a period of 22,423 days and an eccentricity of 0.25. Compared to the Sun, they have a somewhat lower proportion of elements more massive than helium...			176051	93017	5.20	4.32	49	G0V	has a planet (b)
17 Lyr 17 Lyrae 17 Lyrae is a binary star system in the constellation Lyra, approximately 132 light years away from Earth. The main star, 17 Lyrae A, is a 5th magnitude white star of the spectral type F0V, meaning it has a surface temperature of about 7,500 kelvins. It is a dwarf star, like our Sun, yet brighter...		17	178449	93917	5.20	2.16	132	F0V
ν Lyr	ν, ν²	9	174602	92405	5.22	0.90	238	A3V
ι Lyr Iota Lyrae Iota Lyrae is a 5th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra, approximately 800 light years away from Earth. It is a bluish white subgiant star of the spectral type B6IV. It therefore possesses a surface temperature of 11,000 to 25,000 kelvins and is larger, brighter, and at least twice as hot in...	ι	18	178475	93903	5.25	−1.78	832	B6IV	Be star Be star A Be star is a B-type star with prominent emission lines of hydrogen in its spectrum. The designation is combined by the spectral class, B, and the lowercase e denoting emission in the spectral classification system. Line emission from other atomic ions might be present as well, but is typically...
			176527	93256	5.26	0.12	348	K2III
ε² Lyr B	ε²	5	173608		5.37				component of the ε Lyr system
			172044	91235	5.41	−0.61	522	B8II-IIIp..
			175740	92831	5.46	0.89	267	G8III
			171301	90923	5.47	0.22	365	B8IV
			178233	93843	5.53	2.48	133	F0III
			167965	89482	5.56	−0.53	540	B7IV
δ¹ Lyr	δ¹	11	175426	92728	5.58	−2.02	1079	B2.5V
			177808	93718	5.63	−0.72	606	M0III
			175443	92768	5.64	0.17	405	K4III
			173417	91883	5.68	2.10	169	F1III-IV
			176871	93393	5.69	−0.96	697	B5V
ζ² Lyr	ζ²	7	173649	91973	5.73	2.41	150	F0IVvar
			182694	95352	5.85	0.38	404	G6.5IIIa
			180450	94630	5.88	−2.25	1376	M0III
V542 Lyr			176318	93104	5.89	−0.11	516	B7IV	Algol variable Algol variable Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars where the orbital plane of the stars are coincident with the line of sight from Earth. When the cooler component passes in front of the hotter one, part of the latter's light is blocked, and the total brightness of the...
ν¹ Lyr	ν¹	8	174585	92398	5.93	−1.52	1009	B3IV
19 Lyr		19	179527	94311	5.93	−1.46	979	B9p Si	V471 Lyr; α² CVn variable
			175635	92833	5.99	−2.06	1331	G8III+...
XY Lyr			172380	91373	6.02	−1.81	1199	M4.5II	pulsating variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
ε¹ Lyr B	ε¹	4	173583		6.02				component of the ε Lyr system
			176896	93354	6.04	0.62	396	K0III:
HD 173416 HD 173416 \|- bgcolor="#FFFAFA"HD 173416 is an intermediate-mass giant star in the constellation Lyra. It is a 6th magnitude star, relatively bright for its distance of about 440 light years from Earth.-Planetary system:...			173416	91852	6.06	0.41	440	G8III	has a planet (b HD 173416 b HD 173416 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 440 light years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the 6th magnitude G-type giant star HD 173416. This is planet has at least 2.7 times the mass of Jupiter and was discovered on January 10, 2009 by Liu et al. HD 173416 b orbits at... )
			173936	92098	6.06	−1.81	1221	B6V
			174179	92243	6.06	−1.50	1062	B3IVp
			177809	93720	6.07	−0.72	743	M2III
			182272	95235	6.09	1.01	339	K0III
			171780	91119	6.10	−1.42	1038	B5Vn
			174959	92551	6.10	−1.58	1120	B6IV
			168322	89604	6.12	0.98	348	G9III
V473 Lyr			180583	94685	6.18	−2.38	1680	F6Ib-II	δ Cep variable
V543 Lyr			176502	93177	6.20	−1.12	948	B3V	β Cep variable Beta Cephei variable Beta Cephei variables are variable stars which exhibit variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces. The point of maximum brightness roughly corresponds to the maximum contraction of the star. Typically, Beta Cephei variables change in brightness by 0.01 to 0.3...
			179583	94280	6.20	0.40	471	A3V
V533 Lyr			172187	91250	6.21	0.71	411	F0V	β Lyr variable
			174881	92550	6.22	−2.23	1598	K1II-III
			172671	91491	6.25	−0.72	807	B9V
			181470	94932	6.25	−0.29	663	A0III
			175132	92599	6.28	−1.59	1221	B9p Si
			181655	94981	6.29	4.28	82	G8V
			168009	89474	6.30	4.52	74	G2V
			181828	95067	6.30	−0.44	726	B9V
V558 Lyr			183362	95673	6.30	−2.71	2063	B3Ve	Be star
			178003	93770	6.32	−1.70	1309	M0III
			179422	94290	6.35	3.18	141	F5V
GJ 758 GJ 758 GJ 758 is a G-type main sequence star located approximately 50 light years away from the Earth, in the constellation Lyra. At about magnitude 6 it is a little too faint to be seen with the naked eye but can be easily seen through a small telescope or binoculars.- System :In November 2009, a team...			182488	95319	6.37	5.42	51	G8V	Brown dwarf/exoplanet found in 2009
			177109	93437	6.39	−1.27	1109	B5IV
			169646	90163	6.41	−0.69	858	K2
			172958	91675	6.41	−1.24	1105	B8V
			172631	91533	6.43	0.18	580	K0
V545 Lyr			176582	93210	6.43	−0.58	821	B5IV
			182635	95370	6.44	1.22	360	K1III
			172741	91552	6.45	0.52	501	A6m
			173383	91820	6.45	−1.65	1358	K5
V550 Lyr			178329	93808	6.49		2038	B3V
			173087	91707	6.49	−1.55	1320	B5V
HD 180314			180314	94576	6.61		430	K0	has an unconfirmed planet (b)
HD 178911 HD 178911 HD 178911 is a binary star system in the constellation Lyra. The secondary star has an apparent magnitude of 6.74 and a spectral type of G1V, which is very similar to our Sun at a distance of 160 light years...			178911	94076	6.74	3.29	160	G1V	binary star; component B has a planet (b HD 178911 Bb HD 178911 Bb is a planet discovered in 2001 by Zucker who used the radial velocity method. The minimum mass of this giant planet is 7.35 times that of Jupiter that orbits close to the star. The period of the planet is 71.5 days and the semi-amplitude is 346.9 m/s.... )
HD 177830 HD 177830 HD 177830 is a 7th magnitude star located approximately 190 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra. It is slightly more massive than our Sun, but cooler being a type K star. Therefore it is a subgiant clearly more evolved than the Sun. In visual light it is four times brighter than the Sun,...			177830	93746	7.18	3.32	192	K0	has two planets (b & c)
β Lyr Beta Lyrae Beta Lyrae is a binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Beta Lyrae has the traditional name Sheliak , from الشلياق šiliyāq, the Arabic name of the constellation Lyra.Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing semi-detached binary system made up of a B7II primary star and...	β	10	174664		7.20				component of the β Lyr system
RR Lyr RR Lyrae RR Lyrae is a variable star in the Lyra constellation. It is the prototype of the RR Lyrae variable class of stars. It has a period of about 13 hours, and oscillates between apparent magnitudes 7 and 8. Its variable nature was discovered by the Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming at Harvard...			182989	95497	7.13	0.34	744	F5	prototype of RR Lyr variables RR Lyrae variable RR Lyrae variables are periodic variable stars, commonly found in globular clusters, and often used as standard candles to measure galactic distances.This type of variable is named after the prototype, the variable star RR Lyrae in the constellation Lyra....
WASP-3 WASP-3 WASP-3 is a magnitude 10 yellow-white dwarf star located about 727 light-years away in the Lyra constellation.-Planetary system:The extrasolar planet WASP-3b was detected by the SuperWASP project in 2007....					10.49	3.75	727	F7V	has the transiting Astronomical transit The term transit or astronomical transit has three meanings in astronomy:* A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point... planet (b WASP-3b WASP-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located over 727 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered via the transit method by SuperWASP, and follow up radial velocity observations confirmed that WASP-3b is a planet. The planet's mass and radius indicate that it... )
GSC 02652-01324 GSC 02652-01324 GSC 02652-01324 is an orange dwarf main sequence star approximately 512 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra .- Planetary system :...					11.79	5.81	512	K0V	has the transiting planet TrES-1 TrES-1 TrES-1b is an extrasolar planet approximately 512 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra . The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a Jovian planet with a similar bulk composition to Jupiter...
GSC 02634-01087					11.95	4.29	1110	G	has the transiting planet HAT-P-5b HAT-P-5b HAT-P-5b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 1100 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the star HAT-P-5. It is a hot Jupiter with a mass 6% greater than Jupiter and a radius 26% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.66 g/cm3, which is less than...
β Lyr Beta Lyrae Beta Lyrae is a binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Beta Lyrae has the traditional name Sheliak , from الشلياق šiliyāq, the Arabic name of the constellation Lyra.Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing semi-detached binary system made up of a B7II primary star and...	β	10	174639		13.40				component of the β Lyr system
Kepler-8 Kepler-8 \| class=F5VKepler-8 is a star located in the constellation Lyra in the field of view of the Kepler Mission, a NASA-led operation tasked with discovering terrestrial planets. The star, which is slightly hotter, larger, and more massive than the Sun, has one gas giant in its orbit, Kepler-8b. This...					13.9	3.3	4338	F9	has a transiting planet (b Kepler-8b Kepler-8b is the fifth of the first five exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which aims to discover planets in a region of the sky between the constellations Lyra and Cygnus that transit their host stars. The planet is the hottest of the five... )
Kepler-7 Kepler-7 Kepler-7 is a star located in the constellation Lyra in the field of view of the Kepler Mission, a NASA operation in search of Earth-like planets. It is home to the fourth of the first five planets that Kepler discovered; this planet, a Jupiter-size gas giant named Kepler-7b, is as light as styrofoam...					13.9	3.9	3377	G1	has a transiting planet (b Kepler-7b Kepler-7b is one of the first five planets to be confirmed by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, and was confirmed in the first 33.5 days of Kepler's science operations. It is in the orbit of a star that is not as hot as the Sun, but is significantly larger and is expected to soon reach the end of the main... )
Kepler-9 Kepler-9 Kepler-9 is a sunlike star in the constellation Lyra. It is situated in the Kepler Mission's field of view. Kepler-9 has three confirmed extrasolar planets, all discovered by Kepler using the transit method. The discovery of the first two planets was announced on August 26, 2010, and of the third...					13.9		2300	G2V	has three transiting planets (b Kepler-9b Kepler-9b is one of the first planets discovered outside the solar system by NASA's Kepler Mission. It revolves around the star Kepler-9 within the constellation Lyra. Kepler-9b is the largest of three planets detected in the Kepler system by transit method; its mass is slightly smaller than the... , c Kepler-9c Kepler-9c is one of the first seven extrasolar planets, exoplanets, discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission, and one of at least two planets orbiting the star Kepler-9. Kepler-9c and Kepler-9b were the first exoplanets confirmed to be transiting their star. The planet's discovery was announced by the... & d Kepler-9d Kepler-9d, formerly known as KOI-377.03, is a planet in orbit around the sunlike star Kepler-9. Initially discovered by Kepler spacecraft, a terrestrial planet-searching satellite built and operated by NASA, Kepler-9d is most likely a Super-Earth, with an estimated radius approximately 60% larger... )

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