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Ninnisig
Ninnisig: the warm orange star of Lyra
warm orange · Lyra · θ Lyr
Ninnisig is a warm orange giant, far along its stellar life in the constellation Lyra, one of the stars with a proper name recognised in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. At magnitude 4.38 it is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky.
Most stars in the sky are anonymous points of light. Ninnisig is not. Some IAU-recognised names are ancient; others were adopted by the IAU only recently. Either way, the star already has a scientific identity, and a dedication attaches a human story to it.
Real star · Personal dedication · Recorded in the AsterNym registry
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Ninnisig at a glance
- Constellation
- Lyra
- Other name
- θ Lyr
- Catalogue number
- HIP 94713
- Distance
- ≈ 832 light-years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 4.38 naked-eye
- Star type
- K0II
- Colour
- warm orange
- Best seen from
- The Northern Hemisphere and lower southern latitudes
- Right ascension
- 19h 16m 22s
- Declination
- +38° 08′ 01″
J2000 catalogue coordinates that can be independently cross-checked against astronomical databases. A planetarium app showing coordinates of date will differ slightly, because proper motion and precession move a star’s apparent position over time.
What kind of star is Ninnisig?
Ninnisig is an orange bright giant. Its surface runs roughly 4,000 to 5,000°C, cool enough that the light carries a visible orange. Colour in a star is a temperature reading rather than a decoration: the hot ones are blue and the cool ones red, the opposite way round to a kitchen tap.
Its colour is not the whole story. An orange star still in the steady part of its life would burn for tens of thousands of millions of years. This one is past that stage, and it is cool at the surface because it has swollen outward, not because it was born this way.
It sits between a giant and a supergiant: already expanded well beyond its original size, already past the steady middle of its life, and bright enough to be picked out from a very long way off.
Ninnisig barely moves against the background sky, which is mostly a statement about how far away it is. For every practical purpose, including yours, it is fixed.
The light you are looking at is old
Ninnisig is about 832 light years away, so the light reaching you now set out around 1194. You are not looking at the star as it is. You are looking at the star as it was, and there is no way to see it any other way.
That delay is the part people find hardest and like most. A star is the one thing you can give someone that was already old before either of you was born and will outlast anything else you could have chosen.
It is comfortably visible without equipment on a decent night.
What could a Ninnisig dedication represent?
Ninnisig is especially meaningful for someone who:
- · Deserves something older than any gift shop
- · Marks a beginning, an anniversary or a promise
- · Is remembered every time you look up
- · Has a light you want recorded somewhere permanent
Dedication idea
“For the one I think of when I find Lyra in the sky.”
Where can you see Ninnisig?
It is easy to see from most of the Northern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower southern latitudes, but it never rises for observers south of about latitude 52°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 38°N. It stands highest at midnight in July, so July and August evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 4.38 it is a naked-eye star only under a dark sky, binoculars make it certain.
Ninnisig belongs to Lyra.
What does Ninnisig mean in astrology?
The classical fixed-star tradition: Ptolemy, the medieval Behenian lists, Robson’s 1923 compilation. Is silent on Ninnisig, and we don’t invent lore where none exists. What astrology can still read is the star’s real position, below.
Projected onto the zodiac the way fixed-star astrology reads any star, Ninnisig stands at 0° Aquarius at the J2000 epoch, and the Sun passes that degree around 19 January in the years around 2000. Fixed-star longitude shifts slowly against the tropical zodiac because of precession, about one degree every seventy-two years, so a natal conjunction must be calculated for the birth year rather than read off this J2000 value or a calendar date.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. The position and dates are computed.
Dedicate Ninnisig to someone who matters
A flower fades. A card is eventually put away. A star gives your message a place in the sky.
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Dedicate Ninnisig →Real star · your message · a page to share
Your Ninnisig dedication includes
- Your chosen dedication name
- Your personal message
- Ninnisig's real astronomical coordinates
- A shareable dedication page
- Its location on the AsterNym Galaxy Map
- An optional printable certificate and gift presentation
Ninnisig keeps its established astronomical name. Your dedication is a personal commemorative record within the AsterNym registry.
Frequently asked questions about Ninnisig
- What does Ninnisig mean in astrology?
- The classical fixed-star tradition has no documented meaning for Ninnisig. Projected onto the zodiac, Ninnisig stands at 0° Aquarius, and the Sun passes that degree each year around 19 January.
- Is Ninnisig the brightest star?
- Ninnisig shines at magnitude 4.38 · visible to the naked eye on a clear night, one of the few thousand stars with an officially recognised name.
- How far away is Ninnisig?
- Ninnisig is approximately 832 light-years from Earth. The light reaching us tonight began its journey around 832 years ago.
- Which constellation contains Ninnisig?
- Ninnisig is part of Lyra.
- Can everyone see Ninnisig?
- It is easy to see from most of the Northern Hemisphere. It can also appear from lower southern latitudes, but it never rises for observers south of about latitude 52°S. It passes directly overhead at latitude 38°N. It stands highest at midnight in July, so July and August evenings are the best time to look. At magnitude 4.38 it is a naked-eye star only under a dark sky, binoculars make it certain.
- Is dedicating Ninnisig an official astronomical renaming?
- No. Ninnisig keeps its internationally recognised astronomical name. An AsterNym dedication records your personal name and message in the AsterNym registry without changing the star's scientific identity.
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