Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  The constellation Lyra (Lyr)  ·  The star Sheliak (βLyr)  ·  The star Sulafat (γLyr)  ·  The star Vega (αLyr)  ·  The star δ1Lyr  ·  The star δ2Lyr  ·  The star ε1Lyr  ·  The star ε2Lyr  ·  The star ζ1Lyr  ·  The star ν2Lyr
Lyra Constellation, Giuseppe Donatiello
Lyra Constellation
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Lyra Constellation

Lyra Constellation, Giuseppe Donatiello
Lyra Constellation
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Lyra Constellation

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Lyra Constellation

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello

Lyra constellation lies in the northern sky. It represents the lyre, a musical instrument with strings used in antiquity and associated with the myth of the Greek musician and poet Orpheus. It was first catalogued by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.

Lyra contains Vega, the fifth brightest star in the sky and second brightest star in the northern hemisphere, and the famous variable star RR Lyrae. It is also conteins notable deep sky objects, including the globular cluster Messier 56, the planetary nebula Messier 57 (the Ring Nebula) and the open cluster NGC 6791.

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Lyra Constellation, Giuseppe Donatiello