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- Brachium
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- τ Librae
- Zubenelhakrabi
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- 37 Librae
- κ Librae
- 48 Librae
- δ Librae
- 11 Librae
- ε Librae
- 42 Librae
- λ Librae
- 36 Librae
- α1 Librae
- HR5780
- ν Librae
- 12 Librae
- μ Librae
- HR5390
- 41 Librae
- η Librae
- ξ2 Librae
- 49 Librae
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- ζ4 Librae
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- HR5707
- 50 Librae
- ζ1 Librae
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- 4 Librae
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- HR5499
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- HR5658
- HR5810
- 18 Librae
- 47 Librae
- HR5513
- ι2 Librae
- HR5583
- HR5930
- HR5522
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- 26 Librae
- 28 Librae
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- 2 Librae
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- HR5749
- HR5866
- HR5669
- ο Librae
- HR5847
- HR5809
- 5 Librae
- HR5819
- HR5518
- HR5927
- HR5504
- 23 Librae
- HR5655
- HR5816
- HR5393
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- HR5438
- HR5779
- HR5856
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- HR5397
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28 Librae
28 Librae is a giant star in the constellation of Libra.
28 Librae visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, 28 Librae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about 28 Librae:
28 Librae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -22.3°
Azimuth: 91.4°
Direction: East
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 28 Librae
28 Librae is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 28 Librae are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 28 Librae in the sky:
Visibility of 28 Librae from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 28 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 28 Librae
The image below is a photograph of 28 Librae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 28 Librae is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.061 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of 28 Librae from the Sun and relative movement
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.
Spectral properties of 28 Librae
28 Librae belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
