48 Librae

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:05 | Tran: 10:48 | Set: 15:32

Alt: 5.41° Az: 121.24° Direction: East-South-East

48 Librae is a variable giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Libra.

48 Librae visual magnitude is 4.88. Because of its moderate brightness, 48 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 48 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Librae during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 59m 35s

Declination -14° 20’ 57”

Hour Angle 19h 54m 07s

Sidereal Time 11h 53m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 58m 11s

Declination -14° 16’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 356.39°

Galactic Latitude 28.63°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.88

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.10

Spectral Type B5III

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Librae is distant 512.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 157.23

Distance (light year) 512.58

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Librae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142983

SAO Catalogue SAO159607

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78207

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 4302

FK5 Catalogue 1417

General Catalogue of Variable Stars FX Lib

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.3° RISE 6:05

Max altitude: 24.2° TRANSIT 10:48

Azimuth: 255.7° SET 15:32

Set Location

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