Star profile

41 Librae

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 41 Librae

41 Librae is a yellow G-class star within the Scales, the only zodiacal constellation without an animal form —a Roman legacy over what the Greeks once called the Scorpion’s claws. It lies more than three hundred light-years away, far too distant for its solar colour to mean any real closeness. Its light falls quietly over one of the most serene corners of the zodiac.

Where it is and when to see it

41 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 19° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.

It ranks no. 25 in brightness among the 49 stars of Libra in our catalogue. To find it, start from Zubeneschamali, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 41 Librae

Constellation: Libra
Apparent magnitude: 5.36
Distance: 311.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 234.727° · Dec -19.302°
Catalogue: HIP 76628 · HD 139446

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Other stars in Libra

Libra has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 49 stars in Libra