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.

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

Right Ascension 15h 15m 59s

Declination -17° 51’ 42”

Hour Angle 06h 34m 19s

Sidereal Time 21h 50m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 14m 33s

Declination -17° 46’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 344.68°

Galactic Latitude 33.26°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.81

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

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

Distance (parsec) 393.70

Distance (light year) 1,283.46

Radial Speed -26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD135230

SAO Catalogue SAO159122

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP74600

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 4285

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° RISE 19:45

Max altitude: 20.7° TRANSIT 0:08

Azimuth: 252.1° SET 4:35

Set Location

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