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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	5 Lacertae
HR (BSC)	8572
HD	213310
Variable Designation	V412 Lacertae
Constellation	Lacerta
Right Ascension	22h 29m 32s
Declination	+47° 42' 25"
Distance	c. 2,200 light years c. 700 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.34 Absolute: -4.80
Spectral Class	K9Ia orange supergiant + B2V blue main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	September (usually visible from northern latitudes)

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An immensely distant supergiant star. 5 Lacertae, which lies almost directly in the centre of its home constellation of Lacerta, is more than two thousand light years from Earth, but still luminous enough to be visible to the naked eye.

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