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The Constellation Lacerta - In-The-Sky.org In-The-Sky.org Guides to the night sky Location: Ottawa (45.41°N; 75.70°W) The Constellation Lacerta Home Your Sky Constellations List Lacerta News Upcoming events By topic AsteroidsCometsConjunctionsThe Deep SkyThe Dwarf PlanetsThe EarthEclipsesThe Inner PlanetsMeteor ShowersThe MoonNovae & SupernovaeLunar OccultationsThe Outer Planets Current comets News planetarium Event calendar Eclipses News search Charts Planetarium All-sky charts Sky rotation diagram Star atlas The solar system 3D Moon map Object-finder charts Rising & setting times Live twilight map World timezone map The Earth in space The Universe in 3D The moons of Jupiter Weather forecast Custom graphs More... Spacecraft World map of satellite positions Satellites in your sky 3D satellite map Planetarium of satellites Catalog of spacecraft (SATCAT) GPS satellite positions Find bright satellite passes Objects Your sky Planets Comets Asteroids Deep sky objects Sky diagram Rising / setting times Object catalogs Messier objects Browse catalogs Object search More... Data Tables List of the constellations Sunrise & sunset times Twilight times Ephemerides Rising / setting times Phases of the Moon Timezone conversion When do the clocks change? More... Resources Map of the constellations Articles Make a planisphere Make a medieval astrolabe Precession of the equinoxes Open-source software Cambridge pub map About In-The-Sky.org Privacy policy More... External Links Science Demos Hill Top Views Pyxplot JSPlot Astrophotography Archive Photo Gallery More... The Constellation Lacerta by Dominic Ford Enlarge chart: PNG | SVG | PDF | HTML Lacerta is a small northern constellation which appears highest in the midnight sky in the months around August. It was introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690, filling an area of sky between Cygnus and Andromeda which lacks any bright stars. Lacerta represents a lizard, though it only contains one star brighter than fourth magnitude. It is home to the open clusters NGC 7243 and NGC 7209, as well as the variable object BL Lac, the prototypical example of a blazar. Varying between magnitude 14 and 17, however, BL Lac is extremely faint and can only been seen through the largest amateur telescopes. Date First Appeared1690 (Hevelius) Sky Area 0.5% of the sky200.7 square degreesMessier ObjectsLacerta contains no Messier objectsCaldwell ObjectsLacerta contains the following Caldwell object: C16.NeighborsThe following constellations neighbor Lacerta: Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cygnus, Pegasus. The constellation Lacerta as it appears to the unaided eye. Roll mouse over to see labels.Source: Stellarium. Ottawa Latitude: Longitude: Timezone: 45.41°N 75.70°W EST Color scheme Light Night mode Brightest Objects in Lacerta Hover the pointer over the name of an object to highlight its position on the starchart to the right, or click to see more information. Stars Open Clusters Globular Clusters Galaxies α-Lac (mag 3.8) NGC 7243 (mag 6.4) NGC 7242 (mag 12.0) 1-Lac (mag 4.1) NGC 7209 (mag 7.7) NGC 7265 (mag 12.2) 5-Lac (mag 4.4) IC 1434 (mag 9.0) NGC 7248 (mag 12.5) β-Lac (mag 4.4) IC 1442 (mag 9.1) NGC 7250 (mag 13.1) 11-Lac (mag 4.5) NGC 7245 (mag 9.2) NGC 7223 (mag 13.4) HIP 109754 (mag 4.5) NGC 7295 (mag 9.7) NGC 7426 (mag 13.5) 6-Lac (mag 4.5) NGC 7394 NGC 7330 (mag 13.6) 2-Lac (mag 4.5) NGC 7231 (mag 13.9) 4-Lac (mag 4.6) NGC 7240 (mag 14.2) 9-Lac (mag 4.6) NGC 7274 (mag 14.2) 10-Lac (mag 4.9) NGC 7379 (mag 14.3) 15-Lac (mag 5.0) NGC 7197 (mag 14.4) HIP 113288 (mag 5.0) NGC 7264 (mag 14.6) HIP 109102 (mag 5.1) NGC 7273 (mag 14.7) 13-Lac (mag 5.1) IC 5259 (mag 14.7) HIP 111795 (mag 5.2) IC 5180 (mag 14.7) DD Lac (mag 5.2) NGC 7276 (mag 14.9) EW Lac (mag 5.3) NGC 7228 (mag 14.9) HIP 109521 (mag 5.4) NGC 7227 (mag 14.9) HIP 112731 (mag 5.4) IC 5191 (mag 14.9) HIP 109745 (mag 5.5) NGC 7395 (mag 15.2) EN Lac (mag 5.6) NGC 7282 (mag 15.3) 8-Lac (mag 5.7) IC 1441 (mag 15.4) HIP 109831 (mag 5.7) IC 5193 (mag 15.5) HIP 113222 (mag 5.7) NGC 7263 (mag 15.6) HIP 111362 (mag 5.7) IC 5192 (mag 16.4) HIP 113084 (mag 5.8) HIP 112590 (mag 5.8) HIP 112417 (mag 5.8) HIP 111259 (mag 5.9) Please wait Loading 3/4 Click and drag to rotate Mouse wheel to zoom in/out Touch with mouse to dismiss Share Follow © Dominic Ford 2011–2023. For more information including contact details, click here. Our privacy policy is here. Last updated: 03 Jan 2023, 19:49 UTC Website designed by . Site hosted by ✖✖In-The-Sky.org uses cookies to personalise content to your geographic location. By continuing to use this site you consent to our privacy policy