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public  Galatiní, Greece Galatiní, Greece  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 6:09 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 21:06
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η Librae (eta Librae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 22:31 | Set: 3:37
Alt: -50.02°   Az: 297.25°   Direction: West-North-West

η Librae is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Libra.

η Librae visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, η 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 η Librae (eta Librae) star
DSS2 image of η Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of η Librae during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 45m 30s
-15° 45’ 06”
09h 34m 21s
01h 19m 52s

J2000

15h 44m 04s
-15° 40’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

352.52°
30.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Librae (eta Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Hypergiant

2.14
F0IV
7938K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Librae is distant 146.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

45.02
146.78
-31 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/y
-0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

η Librae
(eta Librae)
SAO159466
SAO159466

Visibility from Your Location

Today's η Librae (eta Librae) rise, transit and set times from Galatiní, Greece are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Athens):

Azimuth: 105.8°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 254.2°