Heliocodex

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Libra

88 stars in Libra can be seen by eye from a dark place. 4 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

88 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. ZubeneschamaliEasy to see, 190 light years
  2. ZubenelgenubiEasy to see, 76 light years
  3. BrachiumEasy to see, 290 light years
  4. Upsilon LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  5. Tau LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 370 light years
  6. ZubenelhakrabiSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  7. Theta LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  8. 16 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 88 light years
  9. Iota-1 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  10. 37 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 94 light years
  11. Kappa LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 310 light years
  12. Delta LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 290 light years
  13. Epsilon LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 100 light years
  14. 11 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  15. 48 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 470 light years
  16. 42 LibraeSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  17. Lambda LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  18. 36 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  19. Alpha-1 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 75 light years
  20. HIP 76243Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  21. Nu LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  22. 12 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  23. Mu LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  24. HIP 70469Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  25. 41 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  26. Eta LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  27. 49 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  28. Xi-2 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  29. HIP 76106Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  30. HIP 74732Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  31. HIP 73497Just seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  32. 50 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  33. HIP 77464Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  34. Zeta-4 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  35. HIP 75127Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  36. Zeta-1 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 780 light years
  37. HIP 72488Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  38. 4 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  39. HIP 75352Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  40. HIP 73184Just seen from a dark place, 19 light years
  41. HIP 74239Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  42. Xi-1 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  43. HIP 76532Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  44. HIP 72210Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  45. HIP 76569Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  46. Zeta-3 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  47. HIP 74539Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  48. 18 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  49. 47 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  50. HIP 72310Just seen from a dark place, 1,600 light years
  51. Iota-2 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  52. HIP 73309Just seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  53. HIP 78078Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  54. HIP 73927Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  55. Omicron LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  56. HIP 72449Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  57. 28 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 600 light years
  58. 26 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 800 light years
  59. HIP 76503Just seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  60. HIP 71469Just seen from a dark place, 100 light years
  61. HIP 77689Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  62. HIP 75939Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  63. 2 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  64. HIP 77287Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  65. HIP 76143Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  66. 10 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 730 light years
  67. HIP 74623Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  68. HIP 76033Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  69. HIP 77007Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  70. HIP 78059Just seen from a dark place, 200 light years
  71. HIP 76567Just seen from a dark place, 670 light years
  72. HIP 76666Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  73. 5 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  74. HIP 72373Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  75. HIP 73571Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  76. 22 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  77. HIP 75790Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  78. HIP 72217Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  79. HIP 76603Just seen from a dark place, 87 light years
  80. 30 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 970 light years
  81. 23 LibraeJust seen from a dark place, 85 light years
  82. HIP 74490Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  83. HIP 74391Just seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  84. HIP 70501Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  85. HIP 77235Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  86. HIP 71295Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  87. HIP 70452Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  88. HIP 75272Just seen from a dark place, 420 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.