17 Librae

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:28 | Tran: 23:28 | Set: 4:33

Alt: -46.38° Az: 329.76° Direction: North-North-West

17 Librae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Libra.

17 Librae visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, 17 Librae is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of 17 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Librae during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 59m 36s

Declination -11° 15’ 19”

Hour Angle 10h 36m 59s

Sidereal Time 01h 36m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 58m 13s

Declination -11° 09’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 345.93°

Galactic Latitude 40.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 17 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.6

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.29

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Librae is distant 376.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 115.34

Distance (light year) 376.01

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 17 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132230

SAO Catalogue SAO158935

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73249

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 3994

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.3° RISE 18:28

Max altitude: 27.3° TRANSIT 23:28

Azimuth: 258.7° SET 4:33

Set Location

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