ADS 16402 is a binary star system in Lacerta, around which a planet orbits with some unusual properties.

EV Lacertae is a rapidly spinning magnitude 10 red dwarf with a strong magnetic field.

NGC 7243 is an open cluster 2500 light-years from Earth, visible in small amateur telescopes.

Johannes Hevelius created the constellation in 1687 and initially named it "Stellio" (the stellion), a lizard with star-like dorsal spots found along the Mediterranean coast.

[4] Similarly, the Chumash people of California call this part of the sky 'Lizard' and include it in multiple stories.

[citation needed] USS Lacerta (AKA-29) was an attack cargo ship in the United States navy named after the constellation.