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ζ4 Librae (zeta4 Librae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:52 | Tran: 17:21 | Set: 21:50
Alt: 20.71°   Az: 192.82°   Direction: South-South-West

ζ4 Librae is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Libra.

ζ4 Librae visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, ζ4 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 ζ4 Librae (zeta4 Librae) star
DSS2 image of ζ4 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ4 Librae during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 34m 19s
-16° 56’ 04”
00h 50m 06s
16h 24m 25s

J2000

15h 32m 55s
-16° 51’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

349.32°
31.11°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ζ4 Librae (zeta4 Librae) star
Simplified finder chart for ζ4 Librae (zeta4 Librae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Main-sequence

-1.36
B2V
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ζ4 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ζ4 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

ζ4 Librae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ4 Librae double sysyem:

5.5
7.5
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ4 Librae is distant 768.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

235.85
768.87
9 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ4 Librae
(zeta4 Librae)
SAO159335
SAO159335

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ζ4 Librae (zeta4 Librae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.9°
Max altitude: 21.6°
Azimuth: 253.1°