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Catalog/Ophiuchus/50 Lib

50 Lib

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50 Lib · Ophiuchus
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50 Lib has a visual magnitude of about 5.50: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for 50 Lib: right ascension 16h 0m 48s, declination −8° 24′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

50 Lib. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78436, HD 143459, Gaia DR3 4347852022889882624. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 78436
Right ascension
16h 00m 48s
Declination
−8° 24′ 41″
Magnitude
5.50
Distance
≈ 464 ly
Data: gaia-dr3