16 Librae

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:16 | Tran: 9:51 | Set: 15:27

Alt: -39.66° Az: 331.64° Direction: North-North-West

16 Librae is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Libra.

16 Librae visual magnitude is 4.49. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 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.

DSS2 image of 16 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Librae during the next 1000 years (-1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 58m 29s

Declination -04° 26’ 43”

Hour Angle 10h 33m 55s

Sidereal Time 01h 32m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 57m 11s

Declination -04° 20’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 351.73°

Galactic Latitude 46.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.49

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.26

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Librae is distant 90.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 27.91

Distance (light year) 90.99

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.094 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.15"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132052

SAO Catalogue SAO140240

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73165

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 3696

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9503

FK5 Catalogue 3177

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.4° RISE 4:16

Max altitude: 34.1° TRANSIT 9:51

Azimuth: 265.6° SET 15:27

Set Location

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