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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 16:58
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36 Librae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:19 | Tran: 6:29 | Set: 9:39
Alt: -31.15°   Az: 262.80°   Direction: West

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.

Image of 36 Librae star
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

15h 36m 08s
-28° 07’ 45”
07h 02m 41s
22h 38m 50s

J2000

15h 34m 37s
-28° 02’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

341.5°
22.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Giant

-0.12
K4III
4121K

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

HR 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.

113.12
368.78
12 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183580
SAO183580

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°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 241.9°