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'''Beta Lyrae''' was the [[star|primary]] of the [[Beta Lyrae system]], located 142° NE of the [[galactic plane]]. Beta Lyrae was known as one of the rare beautiful spectacles of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] and almost every [[starship]] that passed by stop to see it. Beta Lyrae was located between [[Kzin]] and [[Starbase 25]]. ({{TAS|The Slaver Weapon}}) This star was located in the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Its location in the Milky Way Galaxy was depicted on a [[Federation]] [[star chart]] in [[2293]]. ({{film|6}}, ''production art'')
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'''Beta Lyrae''' was a [[star]] in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]. ({{film|6}}, ''production art'') Beta Lyrae was the primary of the [[Beta Lyrae system]], located 142° NE of the [[galactic plane]]. Beta Lyrae was known as one of the rare beautiful spectacles of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] and almost every [[starship]] that passed by stop to see it. Beta Lyrae was located between [[Kzin]] and [[Starbase 25]]. ({{TAS|The Slaver Weapon}})
   
 
{{bginfo|In "The Explored Galaxy" star chart, Beta Lyrae was located between the [[Tholian Assembly]] and [[Romulus]]. According to {{DS9|Call to Arms}}, both were located in the Alpha Quadrant.|According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (United Federation of Planets II), Beta Lyrae (Sheliak) was a [[binary star system]] in the Alpha Quadrant. Beta Lyrae A was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|B class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of -5, which was ten thousand times brighter than [[Sol]]. Beta Lyrae B was a B class star.}}
In [[2269]], the [[shuttlecraft]] ''[[Copernicus (2269)|Copernicus]]'' of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was transporting a [[Slaver]] [[stasis box]] to Starbase 25 and passed by Beta Lyrae. [[Kzinti]] [[privateer]]s lured the shuttle to a small [[ice]]-bound [[planet]] located in the [[star system]], using another stasis box as bait. ({{TAS|The Slaver Weapon}})
 
 
{{bginfo|In "The Explored Galaxy" star chart, Beta Lyrae was located between the [[Tholian Assembly]] and [[Romulus]]. Both were identified in {{DS9|Call to Arms}} as being located in the Alpha Quadrant.|According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (United Federation of Planets II), Beta Lyrae (Sheliak) was located in the Alpha Quadrant. This was a [[binary star system]]. Beta Lyrae A was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|B class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of -5, which was ten thousand times brighter than [[Sol]]. Beta Lyrae B was a B class star.}}
 
   
 
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Revision as of 00:06, 9 May 2013

Beta Lyrae was a star in the Alpha Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art) Beta Lyrae was the primary of the Beta Lyrae system, located 142° NE of the galactic plane. Beta Lyrae was known as one of the rare beautiful spectacles of the Milky Way Galaxy and almost every starship that passed by stop to see it. Beta Lyrae was located between Kzin and Starbase 25. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")

In "The Explored Galaxy" star chart, Beta Lyrae was located between the Tholian Assembly and Romulus. According to DS9: "Call to Arms", both were located in the Alpha Quadrant.
According to Star Trek: Star Charts (United Federation of Planets II), Beta Lyrae (Sheliak) was a binary star system in the Alpha Quadrant. Beta Lyrae A was a B class star with a magnitude of -5, which was ten thousand times brighter than Sol. Beta Lyrae B was a B class star.

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