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ι2 Librae (iota2 Librae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:03 | Tran: 0:15 | Set: 4:30
Alt: 18.78°   Az: 180.75°   Direction: South

ι2 Librae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Libra.

ι2 Librae visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, ι2 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 ι2 Librae (iota2 Librae) star
DSS2 image of ι2 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι2 Librae during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 14m 46s
-19° 44’ 28”
00h 03m 01s
15h 17m 47s

J2000

15h 13m 19s
-19° 38’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

343.03°
31.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι2 Librae (iota2 Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Main-sequence

1.94
A3V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ι2 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ι2 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι2 Librae is distant 218.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

67.16
218.94
-4 km/s
-0.051 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

ι2 Librae
(iota2 Librae)
SAO159105
SAO159105

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι2 Librae (iota2 Librae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.7°
Max altitude: 18.8°
Azimuth: 250.3°