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TimezoneEurope/London
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Sunset: 17:16
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11 Librae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:16 | Tran: 5:06 | Set: 10:52
Alt: -39.29°   Az: 19.77°   Direction: North-North-East

11 Librae is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Libra.

11 Librae visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, 11 Librae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 11 Librae star
DSS2 image of 11 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Librae during the next 1000 years (1.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 52m 19s
-02° 24’ 05”
13h 00m 44s
03h 53m 03s

J2000

14h 51m 01s
-02° 17’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

352.08°
48.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Giant

0.83
G8III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Librae is distant 216.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 83 kilometers per second.

66.27
216.04
83 km/s
0.084 arcsec/y
-0.123"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO140176
SAO140176

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.4°
Max altitude: 36.1°
Azimuth: 267.6°