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Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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28 Librae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:29 | Tran: 0:50 | Set: 5:15
Alt: 6.57°   Az: 130.61°   Direction: South-East

28 Librae is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Libra.

28 Librae visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Librae star
DSS2 image of 28 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Librae during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 22m 20s
-18° 14’ 55”
20h 29m 43s
11h 52m 03s

J2000

15h 20m 53s
-18° 09’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

345.78°
32.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 28 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

-0.26
G8III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Librae is distant 630.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

193.42
630.56
3 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159187
SAO159187

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.2°
Max altitude: 20.3°
Azimuth: 251.8°