Star profile
Mu Librae
What is Mu Librae
Mu Librae is a white A-type star about 238 light-years away, set in the scales of justice. The constellation, an ancient appendage of Scorpio, preserves in its Arabic names the memory of the creature's claws —Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali. Mu sits between them, marking one of the pan's discreet articulations.
Where it is and when to see it
Mu Librae lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 35° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 70° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 76° N.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 49 stars of Libra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Zubeneschamali, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Mu Librae
- Constellation
- Libra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.32
- Distance
- 237.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 222.329° · Dec -14.149°
- Catalogue
- HIP 72489 · HD 130559
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Other stars in Libra
Libra has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ZubeneschamaliBeta Librae2.61
- ZubenelgenubiAlpha 2 Librae2.75
- BrachiumSigma Librae3.25
- HIP 762435.16
- Nu Librae5.19
- 12 Librae5.27
- HIP 704695.34
- 41 Librae5.36