Celestial Atlas Lynx <—Lyra: The Lyre—> Mensa
(possessive form Lyrae, abbreviation Lyr) Hold the cursor over any Greek letter shown in the text to see its English transliteration
Constellations Bordering Lyra
(tba)
Lyra is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy.
Illustration of Lyra
From Bayer's 1603 Uranometria (Image from the USNO copy of the 1661 edition of Bayer's Uranometria)
Map of Lyra
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger
Stars in Lyra
Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.
