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Constellation of the northern sky

Genitive	Lyrae
Abbreviation	Lyr
Constellation Family	Hercules
Celestial Quadrant	NQ4
Right Ascension	18h14 to 19h28
Declination	+25.7° to +47.7°
Area (sq deg)	286
Brightest Star	Vega
Optimum Visibility	July
Notes	A relatively small but distinctive constellation of the northern summer sky, lying westward of the prominent cross shape of Cygnus. Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky, falls within the boundaries of Lyra, while the unmistakable shape of the Ring Nebula can be found southward of Vega between the stars Sheliak and Sulafat.

A small, but nonetheless prominent, northern constellation centred around the brilliant star Vega, and containing the famous Ring Nebula.

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