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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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50 Librae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:19 | Tran: 1:38 | Set: 6:53
Alt: -40.66°   Az: 320.08°   Direction: North-West

50 Librae is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Libra.

50 Librae visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Librae star
DSS2 image of 50 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Librae during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 02m 09s
-08° 28’ 52”
10h 02m 04s
02h 04m 14s

J2000

16h 00m 47s
-08° 24’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

32°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Hypergiant

-0.19
A0V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Librae is distant 459.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

140.85
459.15
-19 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO140897
SAO140897

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.5°
Max altitude: 30.0°
Azimuth: 261.5°