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Vega, Lyra's brightest star, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and forms a corner of the famed Summer Triangle asterism. Beta Lyrae is the prototype of a class of binary stars known as Beta Lyrae variables. These binary stars are so close to each other that they become egg-shaped and material flows from one to the other.
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Gamma Lyrae, Latinised from γ Lyrae, and formally named Sulafat / ˈ s uː l ə f æ t /, [10] [11] is the second-brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra.With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.3, [4] it is readily visible to the naked eye.
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra. α Lyrae ( Latinised to Alpha Lyrae ) is the star's Bayer designation . The traditional name Vega (earlier Wega [ 15 ] ) comes from a loose transliteration of the Arabic word wāqi' ( Arabic : واقع ) meaning "falling" or "landing", via the phrase an-nasr al-wāqi' ( Arabic ...
Multiple star catalogues list several companions to δ 2 Lyrae, with designations such as ADS 11825. Two of them are a close pair of 10th magnitude stars about 87" from δ 2, designated components B and C. [13] The spectral type of the pair suggests that they are at the same distance as Delta 2 Lyrae, which could mean that the three stars form a triple star system.
μ Lyrae, Latinized as Mu Lyrae, is a solitary [8] star in the northern constellation Lyra.It has the traditional name Alathfar / ə ˈ l æ θ f ɑːr /, from the Arabic الأظفار al-ʼaẓfār "the talons (of the swooping eagle)", a name it shares with Eta Lyrae [9] (though the latter is spelled "Aladfar" by the IAU). [10]
Eta Lyrae, a name Latinized from η Lyrae, is a likely binary star [11] system in the northern constellation of Lyra.It has the traditional name Aladfar / ə ˈ l æ d f ɑːr / and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.43. [2]
HD 174179 is a single [8] star in the northern constellation of Lyra.It has a white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.06. [2] The star is located at a distance of approximately 1,280 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −15 km/s.