37 Librae

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:29 | Tran: 16:35 | Set: 21:41

Alt: 18.80° Az: 136.60° Direction: South-East

37 Librae is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Libra.

37 Librae visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 Librae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 35m 31s

Declination -10° 08’ 45”

Hour Angle 21h 14m 33s

Sideral Time 12h 50m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 34m 10s

Declination -10° 03’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.24°

Galactic Latitude 35.79°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 37 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.62

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.31

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 94.38

Radial Speed 48 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.309 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.234"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD138716

SAO Catalogue SAO140609

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP76219

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 4171

FK5 Catalogue 1409

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 100.1° RISE 11:29

Max altitude: 28.4° TRANSIT 16:35

Azimuth: 259.9° SET 21:41

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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