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Lacerta is a small, faint constellation in the northern sky whose name means "lizard" in Latin, created by astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687 and now recognized as one of the 88 official constellations. It matters as a navigational reference point in the night sky, located between the constellations Cygnus, Cassiopeia, and Andromeda, with its brightest stars forming a distinctive "W" shape.
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- Constellation.name
- Lacerta
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Lac
- Constellation.genitive
- Lacertae
- Constellation.pronounce
- ,genitive
- Constellation.symbolism
- the Lizard
- Constellation.family
- Perseus
- Constellation.quadrant
- NQ4
- Constellation.areatotal
- 201
- Constellation.arearank
- 68th
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 5
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 17
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
- 0
- Constellation.numbernearbystars
- 1
- Constellation.brighteststarname
- α Lac (Stellio)
- Constellation.starmagnitude
- 3.76
- Constellation.neareststarname
- EV Lac
- Constellation.stardistancely
- 16.48
- Constellation.stardistancepc
- 5.05
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- Instance of
- constellation
- Official name
- Lacerta
- Area
- 201
- Shares border with
- Pegasus
- Image
- LacertaCC.jpg
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- Template:Stars of Lacerta
- Commons category
- Lacerta (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Lacerta
- Commons gallery
- Lacerta (constellation)
- short name
- Lac
- time of discovery or invention
- 1687-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Johannes Hevelius
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Italiano
La Lucertola (in latino Lacerta, abbreviato in Lac) è una piccola costellazione, una delle 88 costellazioni moderne; si trova stretta fra le più brillanti Cefeo e Cassiopea, poco spostata verso sud.
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