Star profile
16 Librae
What is 16 Librae
16 Librae inhabits the ancient Scales —the constellation Rome carved from the claws of neighbouring Scorpius—. It is a yellow-white F-type star almost 88 light-years away, slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun. Its light set out before the first automobiles were built, and crosses now the quiet of the autumn zodiac to arrive as a calm point between the imagined pans of justice.
Where it is and when to see it
16 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 34° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 45° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 60° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 86° N.
It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 49 stars of Libra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Zubeneschamali, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 88 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 16 Librae
- Constellation
- Libra
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.47
- Distance
- 87.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 224.296° · Dec -4.346°
- Catalogue
- HIP 73165 · HD 132052
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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
- Tau Librae3.66
- ZubenelhakrabiGamma Librae3.91
- Theta Librae4.13
- Iota 1 Librae4.54
- 37 Librae4.61