Zuben-el-Shemali
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Star Zuben-el-Shemali (β Librae) |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Libra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Right ascension | 15 h 17 m 0.4 s | ||||||||||||||||||||
| declination | -09 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 2.61 likes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spectral class | B8 V | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| parallax | 17.62 ± 0.16 mas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| distance | 185 ly 57 pc |
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Other names and catalog entries |
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Zuben-el-Shemali or Zubeneschamali (from Arabic .الزبانى الشمالي az-zubānā aš-šimāli 'the northern claw') is the name of the star Beta Librae (β Librae), the brightest star in the constellation Libra . Zuben-el-Schemali is the only green star visible to the naked eye ( spectral type B8V). It has an apparent magnitude of +2.61 mag and is 185 light-years from Earth.
The IAU has the proper name on August 21, 2016 Zubeneschamali defined as standardized proper name for this star.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
- ↑ bet Lib. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed on March 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. November 2, 2016. (PDF; 151 KiB) Retrieved November 15, 2016 (English).