12 Librae

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:05 | Tran: 21:42 | Set: 1:24

Alt: -35.62° Az: 274.21° Direction: South-West

12 Librae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Libra.

12 Librae visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 12 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.

DSS2 image of 12 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Librae during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 55m 49s

Declination -24° 44’ 40”

Hour Angle 07h 47m 11s

Sidereal Time 22h 43m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 54m 20s

Declination -24° 38’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 335.49°

Galactic Latitude 30.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 12 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.06

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.32

Temperature 4086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Librae is distant 384.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 117.92

Distance (light year) 384.43

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 12 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD131430

SAO Catalogue SAO182983

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72929

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2411735

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.7° RISE 18:05

Max altitude: 13.8° TRANSIT 21:42

Azimuth: 245.3° SET 1:24

Set Location

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