Lyra Lyr
Lyra is one of the 88 constellations, covering 286 square degrees of the sky (52nd largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
4 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Lyr |
|---|---|
| Size | 286 square degrees (52nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 18h 50m, +37° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 73° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 77°. |
| Pages here | 4 objects |
Nebulae
1Star clusters
1Stars
2Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6743 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.2 | 6.9′ |
| M56 · NGC 6779 | Globular star cluster | 8.4 | 5.8′ |
| M57 · NGC 6720 (Ring Nebula) | Planetary nebula | 8.8 | 1.3′ |
| NGC 6791 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.5 | 6.3′ |
| NGC 6703 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 6702 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.2 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 6646 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 6765 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 12.9 | 0.7′ |
| NGC 6710 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.1 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 6745 NED01 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 1′ |
| NGC 6792 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 2.1′ |
| NGC 6675 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 1.3′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits