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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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λ Librae (lambda Librae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:02 | Tran: 21:11 | Set: 1:23
Alt: -58.76°   Az: 1.29°   Direction: North

λ Librae is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Libra.

λ Librae visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, λ Librae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of λ Librae (lambda Librae) star
DSS2 image of λ Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Librae during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 54m 49s
-20° 14’ 29”
12h 02m 51s
03h 57m 41s

J2000

15h 53m 20s
-20° 10’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

350.72°
25.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Librae (lambda Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Main-sequence

-0.16
B2V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of λ Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

λ Librae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the λ Librae double sysyem:

5.03
7.03
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Librae is distant 356.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

109.29
356.28
6 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Librae
(lambda Librae)
SAO183895
SAO183895

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ Librae (lambda Librae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.2°
Max altitude: 18.3°
Azimuth: 249.8°