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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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26 Librae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:45 | Tran: 0:08 | Set: 4:35
Alt: -19.17°   Az: 265.15°   Direction: West

26 Librae is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Libra.

26 Librae visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, 26 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.

Image of 26 Librae star
DSS2 image of 26 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Librae during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 15m 59s
-17° 51’ 42”
06h 34m 19s
21h 50m 19s

J2000

15h 14m 33s
-17° 46’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

344.68°
33.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

-1.81
B9III
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Librae is distant 1,283.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

393.70
1,283.46
-26 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159122
SAO159122

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.9°
Max altitude: 20.7°
Azimuth: 252.1°