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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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ξ1 Librae (xi1 Librae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:07 | Tran: 0:04 | Set: 5:04
Alt: -13.70°   Az: 267.86°   Direction: West

ξ1 Librae is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Libra.

ξ1 Librae visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, ξ1 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 ξ1 Librae (xi1 Librae) star
DSS2 image of ξ1 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ1 Librae during the next 10000 years (-8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 55m 45s
-12° 00’ 01”
06h 27m 57s
21h 23m 43s

J2000

14h 54m 22s
-11° 53’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

344.34°
40.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ1 Librae (xi1 Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Giant

0.56
G7III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ξ1 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ξ1 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ1 Librae is distant 364.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

111.86
364.65
-24 km/s
-0.052 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ1 Librae
(xi1 Librae)
SAO158887
SAO158887

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ξ1 Librae (xi1 Librae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.0°
Max altitude: 26.5°
Azimuth: 258.0°