36 Librae

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:55 | Tran: 0:05 | Set: 3:19

Alt: -54.66° Az: 62.43° Direction: East-North-East

36 Librae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Libra.

36 Librae visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Librae during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 36m 10s

Declination -28° 07’ 49”

Hour Angle 14h 22m 11s

Sidereal Time 05h 58m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 34m 37s

Declination -28° 02’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 341.5°

Galactic Latitude 22.35°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.15

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.12

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.3

Temperature 4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Librae is distant 368.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.12

Distance (light year) 368.78

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD138688

SAO Catalogue SAO183580

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP76259

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710443

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.1° RISE 20:55

Max altitude: 10.4° TRANSIT 0:05

Azimuth: 241.9° SET 3:19

Set Location

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