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Proper NameNone
Bayer DesignationBeta Lacertae
Flamsteed Number3 Lacertae
HR (BSC)8538
HD212496
ConstellationLacerta
Right Ascension22h 23m 34s
Declination+52° 13' 45"
Distance169 light years
52 parsecs
MagnitudeApparent: +4.42
Absolute: -0.85
Spectral ClassG9IIIbCa1 yellow giant
Optimum VisibilitySeptember (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

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This is a giant yellow star, similar in some ways to our own Sun, but considerably more massive and luminous. It is distant from Earth, though, at some 169 light years, and so appears relatively faint in the sky.

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