Meet a star / Constellations

Lacerta

65 stars in Lacerta can be seen by eye from a dark place. 2 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

65 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. StellioSeen away from bright lights, 100 light years
  2. 1 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 620 light years
  3. 5 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 1,600 light years
  4. Beta LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  5. 11 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 330 light years
  6. HIP 109754Seen away from bright lights, 480 light years
  7. 6 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 1,700 light years
  8. 2 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 550 light years
  9. 4 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 2,200 light years
  10. 9 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  11. 10 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 1,700 light years
  12. 15 LacertaeSeen away from bright lights, 330 light years
  13. TengsheSeen away from bright lights, 1,600 light years
  14. HIP 109102Just seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  15. 13 LacertaeJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  16. HIP 111795Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  17. 12 LacertaeJust seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  18. HIP 113327Just seen from a dark place, 820 light years
  19. HIP 109521Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  20. HIP 112731Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  21. HIP 109745Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  22. 16 LacertaeJust seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  23. HIP 109831Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  24. HIP 111362Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  25. HIP 111546Just seen from a dark place, 2,200 light years
  26. HIP 113222Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  27. HIP 113048Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  28. HIP 112590Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  29. HIP 113084Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  30. HIP 112417Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  31. HIP 111259Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  32. 14 LacertaeJust seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  33. HIP 113174Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  34. HIP 112041Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  35. HIP 112241Just seen from a dark place, 690 light years
  36. HIP 111925Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  37. HIP 111869Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  38. HIP 109303Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  39. HIP 112641Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  40. HIP 112098Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  41. HIP 109033Just seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  42. HIP 110849Just seen from a dark place, 2,100 light years
  43. HIP 113371Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  44. HIP 110566Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  45. HIP 109121Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  46. HIP 110171Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  47. HIP 112761Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  48. HIP 111627Just seen from a dark place, 850 light years
  49. HIP 111550Just seen from a dark place, 1,700 light years
  50. HIP 113009Just seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  51. HIP 111543Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  52. HIP 110408Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  53. HIP 111753Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  54. HIP 112170Just seen from a dark place, 2,500 light years
  55. HIP 110316Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  56. HIP 111247Just seen from a dark place, 690 light years
  57. HIP 111072Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  58. HIP 109272Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  59. HIP 112300Just seen from a dark place, 950 light years
  60. HIP 112144Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  61. HIP 110487Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  62. HIP 110055Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  63. HIP 110790Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  64. HIP 112986Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  65. HIP 112305Just seen from a dark place, 780 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.