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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Delta² Lyrae
Flamsteed Number	12 Lyrae
HR (BSC)	7139
HD	175588
Constellation	Lyra
Right Ascension	18h 54m 30s
Declination	+36° 53' 55"
Distance	736 light years 226 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.3 Absolute: -2.5
Spectral Class	M4II Red Bright Giant
Optimum Visibility	July
Notes	This huge red giant star has a radius of approximately one Astronomical Unit so that, if it lay at the centre of the Solar System, its outer shell would extend as far as Earth's orbit. Delta² Lyrae is a semiregular variable, and also probably a triple system (a binary pair of yellow dwarfs appear to be following a distant orbit around the red giant at the heart of the system).

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