Lacerta

Abbreviation: Lac
Genitive: Lacertae
Right Ascension: 22.46 hours
Declination: 44.82 degrees

Lacerta, the lizard, extends from the head of Cepheus to the foot of Perseus.

The constellation was created by Hevelius in the 17th century. The constellation was created to enclose the stars of a very small area, and no other constellation would fit. Royer had placed Sceptre, the hand of justice, within this area in commemoration of his King Louis XIV, which Bode changed to Fredrick the great, Lacerta reclaimed the space when Sceptre was forgotten.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
ALP LAC	22.00:31.00:17.49	+50.00:16.00:57.05	3.77
BET LAC	22.00:23.00:33.62	+52.00:13.00:44.60	4.43
10 LAC	22.00:39.00:15.68	+39.00:3.00:1.01	4.88
13 LAC	22.00:44.00:5.48	+41.00:49.00:9.30	5.08

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
NGC 7209	22 05.2	+46 30	OPNCL	07.7	087	09
IC 1434	22 10.5	+52 50	OPNCL	09	057	03
NGC 7243	22 15.3	+49 53	OPNCL	06.4	087	09
NGC 7245	22 15.3	+54 20	OPNCL	09.2	057	03
IC 1442	22 16.5	+54 03	OPNCL	09.1	057	03
NGC 7296	22 28.2	+52 17	OPNCL	09.7	057	03

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
AR Lac	22.00:6.00:39.50	+45.00:29.00:45.00	EA/AR/RS	6.77	6.08
DD Lac	22.00:39.00:14.00	+39.00:57.00:50.00	BCEP	5.28	5.16
EN Lac	22.00:54.00:6.30	+41.00:20.00:12.00	BCEP+EA/D	0.11	5.41
EW Lac	22.00:54.00:51.60	+48.00:25.00:0.00	GCAS	5.48	5.22
HK Lac	22.00:2.00:57.40	+46.00:59.00:27.00	RS	7.04	6.77
HT Lac	22.00:3.00:17.00	+46.00:30.00:5.00	SRB	6.36	6.08
V0350 Lac	22.00:28.00:2.80	+49.00:6.00:0.00	ELL+RS	6.47	6.27
V0357 Lac	22.00:18.00:24.90	+51.00:36.00:33.00	GCAS	0.20	7.02
V0360 Lac	22.00:48.00:6.10	+41.00:41.00:18.00	EB/DM:	5.98	5.91
V0365 Lac	22.00:3.00:53.30	+47.00:59.00:16.00	ELL	0.08	6.27
V0377 Lac	22.00:50.00:53.90	+39.00:54.00:4.00	LBV	0.02	6.25

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
A 1469	22 35.8	39 38	5.9, 7.8	336.60	239	9	87/ 123
STF 2922	22 35.8	39 38	6.8, 6.6	22.40	185	9	87/ 123