Kappa Lyrae

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name=Kappa Lyraecite web
title=Simbad Query Result | work=Simbad
url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=*+Kap+Lyr&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id
accessdate=October 14
accessyear=2007] Starbox observe
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Lyra
ra=18h 19m 51.7095s
dec=+36° 3' 52.371"
appmag_v=4.323 Starbox character
class=K2III
b-v=+1.17
u-b=+1.18 |Starbox astrometry
radial_v=-22.3
prop_mo_ra=-16.14
prop_mo_dec=41.32
parallax=13.71
p_error=0.56 |Starbox catalog
names=Kappa Lyrae, 1 Lyrae, HR 6872, BD+36°3094, HD 168775, SAO 66869, HIP 89826, GC 25032, GSC 02635-01483

Kappa Lyrae (κ Lyr) is a 4th magnitude star approximately 238 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. It is an orange giant star of the spectral type is K2III, meaning it possesses a surface temperature of 3,500 to 5,000 kelvins. It is cooler, yet larger and brighter, than our Sun. It is also a variable star.

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