Star profile
Zeta 3 Librae
What is Zeta 3 Librae
Zeta-3 Librae is an orange K-type giant about 508 light-years away, part of the small Zeta group of the Scales, where several stars share a letter and region but no physical bond. Its warm glow at magnitude near 5.8 demands a dark sky to be revealed; whoever finds it gains access to one of those anonymous stars that populate the catalogues without ever having earned a proper name in any language.
Where it is and when to see it
Zeta 3 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for Zeta 3 Librae
- Constellation
- Libra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.82
- Distance
- 508.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 232.668° · Dec -16.609°
- Catalogue
- HIP 75944 · HD 138137
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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
- Xi 1 Librae5.78
- HIP 765325.79
- HIP 722105.80
- HIP 765695.82
- HIP 745395.84