Epsilon Lyrae

Star 79 of 100


Constellation: Lyra

Difficulty: Challenging

Right Ascension: 18h 44m.3

Declination: +39° 40'

Magnitude: 5.6, 6.1; 5.3, 5.4

Separation: 2.2, 210.0, 2.4"

Position Angle: 345°, 172°, 74°

Last WDS Measure: 2019

My Observation Details

Object Name: Epsilon Lyrae
Seeing: VG
Transparency: 5
Lat/Lon: 35.16, -85.37
Instrument: 750/150mm (Orion Starblast 6)
Power: 75x
Date: 6-27-23
Time: 9:51pm EST
Est. P.A.: (Estimated position angle)

Observation Notes

Visual Description

Epsilon 1 is on the left and Epsilon 2 on the right. Hard to visually see a difference in magnitude.

Additional Notes

Surprised this pair was so far apart even with a 25mm EP

Sketch

Epsilon Lyrae sketch