23 Librae

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:17 | Tran: 16:50 | Set: 20:22

Alt: 13.07° Az: 183.02° Direction: South

23 Librae is a main-sequence star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Libra.

23 Librae visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 23 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 23 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Librae during the next 1000 years (-6.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 14m 56s

Declination -25° 24’ 00”

Hour Angle 00h 13m 02s

Sideral Time 15h 27m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 13m 28s

Declination -25° 18’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 339.19°

Galactic Latitude 27.38°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 23 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.40

Spectral Type G4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.7

Temperature 5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Librae is distant 83.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 25.65

Distance (light year) 83.63

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.398 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 23 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD134987

SAO Catalogue SAO183275

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP74500

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2411928

Gliese Catalogue Gl 579.4

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 23 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.4° RISE 13:17

Max altitude: 13.1° TRANSIT 16:50

Azimuth: 244.6° SET 20:22

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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