37 Librae

Altitude: 0.2° Azimuth: 106.6° Direction: East-South-East

37 Librae is a giant star in the constellation of Libra.

37 Librae visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 Librae should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 37 Librae:

Color of 37 Librae ⬤

Magnitude of 37 Librae 4.62

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

37 Librae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 0.2°
Azimuth: 106.6°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Librae

37 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 37 Librae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 15h 34m 10s

Declination J2000 -10° 03’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 355.24°

Galactic Latitude 35.79°

Constellation Libra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Librae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 37 Librae.

Visibility of 37 Librae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 37 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.1° RISE 5:07

Max altitude: 28.5° TRANSIT 10:14

Azimuth: 259.9° SET 15:21

Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Librae

The image below is a photograph of 37 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 37 Librae is 0.309 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.234 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 37 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Librae during the next 1000 years (5.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.90 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 37 Librae from the Sun and relative movement

37 Librae is distant 94.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 28.95 pc

Distance (light year) 94.38 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 48 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.309 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.234 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Librae

37 Librae belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.31

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature of 37 Librae 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 37 Librae

Flamsteed designation 37 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD138716

SAO Catalogue SAO140609

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP76219

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 4171

FK5 Catalogue 1409

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