Libra Lib
Libra is one of the 88 constellations, covering 538 square degrees of the sky (29th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
6 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Lib |
|---|---|
| Size | 538 square degrees (29th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 15h 13m, −15° |
| Highest at midnight | May (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: June and July) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 55° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 25°. |
| Pages here | 6 objects |
Planetary systems
1Stars
5Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 5897 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 8.5 | 9.9′ |
| NGC 5812 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 5792 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 5903 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 3′ |
| NGC 5898 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 5728 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 5796 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 5878 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 5861 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 5885 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 5791 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 5595 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 2.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits