Heliocodex

Meet a star / Constellations

Lyra

71 stars in Lyra can be seen by eye from a dark place. 5 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

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

  1. VegaOne of the brightest in the sky, 25 light years
  2. SulafatEasy to see, 620 light years
  3. SheliakSeen away from bright lights, 960 light years
  4. 13 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 300 light years
  5. Delta-2 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 740 light years
  6. Kappa LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  7. Zeta-1 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  8. Theta LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 830 light years
  9. AladfarSeen away from bright lights, 1,400 light years
  10. Epsilon-2 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  11. Epsilon-1 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  12. HIP 92088Seen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  13. Lambda LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 1,100 light years
  14. 16 LyraeSeen away from bright lights, 120 light years
  15. Mu LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  16. HIP 93017Just seen from a dark place, 49 light years
  17. 17 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  18. Nu-2 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  19. Iota LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 900 light years
  20. HIP 93256Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  21. HIP 91235Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  22. HIP 92831Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  23. HIP 90923Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  24. HIP 93843Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  25. HIP 89482Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  26. Delta-1 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 990 light years
  27. HIP 93718Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  28. HIP 92768Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  29. HIP 91883Just seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  30. HIP 93393Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  31. Zeta-2 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  32. HIP 95352Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  33. HIP 94630Just seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  34. HIP 93104Just seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  35. 19 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  36. Nu-1 LyraeJust seen from a dark place, 1,300 light years
  37. HIP 92833Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  38. HIP 91373Just seen from a dark place, 1,700 light years
  39. HIP 93354Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  40. XiheJust seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  41. HIP 92098Just seen from a dark place, 910 light years
  42. HIP 92243Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  43. HIP 93720Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  44. HIP 95235Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  45. HIP 91119Just seen from a dark place, 830 light years
  46. HIP 92551Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  47. HIP 89604Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  48. HIP 94685Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  49. HIP 93177Just seen from a dark place, 980 light years
  50. HIP 94280Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  51. HIP 91250Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  52. HIP 92550Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  53. HIP 91491Just seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  54. HIP 94932Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  55. HIP 92599Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  56. HIP 94981Just seen from a dark place, 83 light years
  57. HIP 95673Just seen from a dark place, 2,400 light years
  58. HIP 89474Just seen from a dark place, 74 light years
  59. HIP 95067Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  60. HIP 93770Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 light years
  61. HIP 94290Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  62. HIP 95319Just seen from a dark place, 51 light years
  63. HIP 93437Just seen from a dark place, 850 light years
  64. HIP 91675Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  65. HIP 90163Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  66. HIP 93210Just seen from a dark place, 950 light years
  67. HIP 91533Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  68. HIP 95370Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  69. HIP 91552Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  70. HIP 91820Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  71. HIP 91707Just seen from a dark place, 1,500 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.