Beta Lyra

NAME RA DEC MAG SEP PA

Beta Lyra

18 50.1 +33 22

3.4, 8.6

46"

149

This is a nice double, with a pretty wide separation. The primary is a brilliant, milky white star and the companion is a dimmer blue-white star. In the same field are other fainter stars. The best view seems to be at 81X. Two other faint white field stars make a triangle with the companion, and the primary sits about midway along one of these lines.