Alpha Lacertae

Alpha Lacertae, also known as α Lacertae, is a single[1] white-coloured star in the constellation of Lacerta.[2] It is located 103[3] light years away from the Sun. It is the brightest star in constellation Lacerta with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.76.[4] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of -4.5 km/s.[5]

Alpha Lacertae in optical light

References

  1. ↑ De Rosa, R. J.; et al. (2014), "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437 (2): 1216, arXiv:1311.7141, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.437.1216D, doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1932, S2CID 88503488.{citation}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ↑ "HD 211073". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. ↑ Van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
  4. ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  5. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.