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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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μ Librae (mu Librae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:27 | Tran: 0:11 | Set: 4:58
Alt: -12.17°   Az: 262.33°   Direction: West

μ Librae is a variable and multiple star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Libra.

μ Librae visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Librae (mu Librae) star
DSS2 image of μ Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Librae during the next 10000 years (-10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 50m 42s
-14° 15’ 10”
06h 06m 55s
20h 57m 38s

J2000

14h 49m 19s
-14° 08’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

341.3°
39.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Librae (mu Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
μ Librae is also a SrCrEu chemically peculiar star.

1.02
A1
9328K

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

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

Star System Properties

μ Librae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the μ Librae double sysyem:

5.31
6.21
0.9
1.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Librae is distant 235.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

72.15
235.21
-4 km/s
-0.061 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Librae
(mu Librae)
SAO158821
SAO158821

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.3°
Max altitude: 24.3°
Azimuth: 255.7°