List of stars in Libra explained

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Libra, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B	F	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
	β	27		135742	74785			2.61	−0.84	160	B8V	suspected
	α^2	9		130841	72622			2.75	0.88	77	A3IV	spectroscopic binary; suspected variable; member of the α Lib system
	σ	20		133216	73714			3.25	−1.51	292	M3/M4III	previously, Brachium;,
	υ	39		139063	76470			3.60	−0.28	195	K3III	previously
	τ	40		139365	76600			3.66	−2.01	445	B2.5V
	γ	38		138905	76333			3.91	0.56	152	K0III	, has two planets
	θ	46		142198	77853			4.13	0.64	163	K0III
		16		132052	73165			4.47	2.24	91	F0V
	ι^1	24		134759	74392			4.54	−0.77	376	Asp...	,
		37		138716	76219			4.61	2.30	94	K1IV
	κ	43		139997	76880			4.75	−0.69	400	K5III	Rì (日),^[1] suspected variable
	δ	19		132742	73473			4.91	0.06	304	B9.5V	Zuben Elakribi or Mululizu;,
	ε	31		137052	75379			4.92	2.37	106	F5IV
		11		130952	72631			4.93	0.82	216	G8...	,
		48	FX	142983	78207			4.95	−1.03	513	B8Ia/Iab	,
		42		139663	76742			4.97	−0.37	381	K3III	suspected variable
	λ	45		142096	77811			5.03	−0.16	356	B3V	α^2 CVn variable,
36 Lib		36		138688	76259			5.13	−0.14	369	K2/K3III
	α^1	8		130819	72603			5.15	3.28	77	F3V	spectroscopic binary; member of the α Lib system
HR 5780			IU	138764	76243			5.16	0.00	351	B6IV	,
ν Lib	ν	21		133774	73945			5.19	−1.66	765	K5III	Zuben Hakrabim
12 Lib		12		131430	72929			5.27	−0.09	384	K2/K3III
	μ	7		130559	72489			5.32	1.03	235	Ap	α^2 CVn variable
HD 126218				126218	70469			5.34	−0.10	400	K0III
41 Lib		41		139446	76628			5.36	0.27	340	G8III/IV
η Lib	η	44		140417	77060			5.41	2.14	147	A6IV	Zuben Hakrabi
		49		143333	78400			5.47	2.89	107	F7V	variable star,
ξ^2 Lib	ξ^2	15		131918	73133			5.48	−0.61	538	K4III
HD 138413				138413	76106			5.50	1.29	227	A2IV
HD 132833				132833	73497			5.52	−0.67	564	M0III	suspected variable
HD 135534				135534	74732			5.52	−0.41	500	K2III
ζ^4 Lib	ζ^4	35		138485	76126			5.53	−1.33	769	B3V	suspected variable
30 Ser		(30)		141378	77464			5.53	2.07	160	A5IV
50 Lib		50		143459	78436			5.53	−0.21	459	A0Vs
HD 136479				136479	75127			5.54	0.96	269	K1III
ζ^1 Lib	ζ^1	32		137744	75730			5.64	−1.58	908	K4III
HD 130529				130529	72488			5.68	−1.99	1113	K3III+...
4 Lib		4		129433	71974			5.70	0.21	409	B9.5V	53 Hydrae
			KX	131977	73184			5.72	6.86	19	K4V	,
HD 136956				136956	75352			5.72	−0.61	603	G8III
HD 134373				134373	74239			5.75	0.05	450	K0III
ξ^1 Lib	ξ^1	13		131530	72934			5.78	0.54	365	G7III
HD 139254				139254	76532			5.79	1.18	272	K0III
HD 129944				129944	72210			5.80	0.55	366	K0III
ζ^3 Lib	ζ^3	34		138137	75944			5.82	−0.37	564	K0III
HD 139329				139329	76569			5.82	1.06	292	K0III
HD 135051				135051	74539			5.84	−1.41	918	G8/K0II
18 Lib		18		132345	73310			5.88	0.95	316	K3III-IV
47 Lib		47		142378	77939			5.95	−0.46	623	B2/B3V	suspected variable
HD 130157				130157	72310			6.05	−2.73	1863	K4/K5III
ι^2 Lib	ι^2	25		134967	74493			6.07	1.93	219	A2V
HD 132375				132375	73309			6.08	3.37	114	F8V
HD 142703			HR	142703	78078			6.12	2.48	173	A2Ib/II	,
HD 133670				133670	73927			6.13	2.24	195	K0III	suspected variable
ο Lib	ο	29		136407	75118			6.14	2.45	178	F2V
HD 130557				130557	72449			6.15	0.98	353	B9Vsvar...
28 Lib		28		136366	75110			6.16	−0.27	631	G8II/III
26 Lib		26		135230	74600			6.18	−1.80	1283	B9III
HD 139160				139160	76503			6.19	−0.14	600	B9IV
				128429	71469			6.20	3.66	88	F6V + WD	Blue straggler
HD 138105				138105	75939			6.20	1.92	234	A3V	suspected variable
HD 141853				141853	77689			6.20	−0.43	692	G8III
2 Lib		2		126035	70336			6.22	1.19	330	G7III
HD 140986				140986	77287			6.24	−1.05	937	K0III
HD 138488				138488	76143			6.26	1.22	331	A3/5V +A9/F2
10 Lib		10		131027	72702			6.27	−0.97	913	K0II/III
HD 135367				135367	74623			6.28	−0.95	911	K3III
HD 138268				138268	76033			6.28	1.96	239	A5V
HD 140301				140301	77007			6.30	0.80	411	K0III
HD 139290				139290	76567			6.32	0.14	562	K1III
HD 142640				142640	78059			6.32	2.29	208	F6V
5 Lib		5		129978	72194			6.33	−1.33	1109	K2III
HD 139518				139518	76666			6.33	1.47	306	B9.5V
HD 130325				130325	72373			6.34	1.12	361	K0III
HD 132953				132953	73571			6.38	0.13	580	A5V
22 Lib		22		133800	73953			6.41	0.90	413	A1V
HD 129980				129980	72217			6.43	3.30	138	G2V
HD 137798				137798	75790			6.43	2.51	198	G0V
		23		134987	74500			6.45	4.40	84	G5V	has two (&)
HD 139461				139461	76603			6.45	4.47	81	F6V
30 Lib		30		136801	75294			6.46	−0.43	780	K4III	suspected variable
HD 134946				134946	74490			6.47	0.96	412	B8III
HD 126251				126251	70452			6.49	1.72	293	F4III
HD 126363				126363	70501			6.49	0.48	520	K2III
HD 127964				127964	71295			6.49	0.12	613	A3V
HD 134758				134758	74391			6.49	0.33	555	K4III
HD 140722				140722	77235			6.49	2.33	222	F0V
HD 136646				136646	75272			6.50	0.83	443	K0III
				133112	73608			6.60		323	A6IV-V	WASP-189, has a planet (b)^[2]
17 Lib		17		132230	73249			6.61	1.30	376	A1V
		33	GZ	137949	75848			6.69	1.94	291	Ap	rapidly oscillating Ap star,
				141569	77542			7.12		379	A0Ve	has a protoplanetary disk
3 Lib		3		128756	71652			7.20		663	K0III
				140283	76976			7.21		190	sdF3	one of the oldest stars known; suspected variable
FY Lib			FY	132112	73213			7.23		1310	M5III	semiregular variable,
			KU	128987	71743			7.23		77	G8V	BY Dra variable; member of the α Lib system
ES Lib			ES	135681	74765			7.25		378	A3III	β Lyr variable,
				141937	77740			7.25	4.63	109	G2/G3V	has a planet (b)
HD 134796				134796	74401			7.28	7.26		B9V
HD 136905			GX	136905	75325			7.31		378	G8IVp	RS CVn variable,
HD 134214			HI	134214	74145			7.48		335	Ap...	rapidly oscillating Ap star,
HM Lib			HM	137613	75694			7.54		1940	C	PV Tel variable,
HD 134701				134701				7.70	8.20		F5V
HD 133803				133803	73990			8.12		408	A9V	has two planets
HD 133131 A				133131	73674			8.4			G2V	has two planets
HD 133131 B				133131	73674			8.42			G2	has a planet
				128598	71567			8.76		3080	K1IV/V	used to discover Uranus's rings
UZ Lib			UZ		76086			9.12		525	K0III	RS CVn variable,
				134440	74234			9.43		93	K2V	peculiar metal abundance; suspected variable
EH Lib			EH		73315			9.83	2.00	1,197	A5V	δ Sct variable,
VZ Lib			VZ		76050			10.27		667	F5	W UMa variable,
			HO		74995			10.55	11.57	20	M3	BY Dra variable, ; has 3 planets (b, c, e)
WASP-109								11.4	3.81	1076	F4V	has a transiting planets
								11.50				one of the oldest stars known
HP Lib			HP					13.65			Bpec	AM CVn star and V777 Her variable,
								17.67	13.89	185.3	M3.5V	has a transiting planet (b)
								22.14		23.9	L5.5	brown dwarf
GW Lib			GW									WZ Sge variable
										18.6	Y0	brown dwarf
IC 1059												a galaxy discovered in 1893 by Stephane Javelle^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

See also

• List of stars by constellation

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References

• Web site: ESA . European Space Agency . The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues . 1997 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Kostjuk . N. D. . HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index . 2002 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Roman . N. G. . Identification of a Constellation from a Position . 1987 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Gould . B. A. . Uranometria Argentina . Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F . 2010-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032716/http://www.uranometriaargentina.com/ . 2012-02-27 .
• Web site: Naming Stars . 13 December 2017 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/libra.htm Ian Ridpath's Startales - Libra the Scales
2. News: University of Bern . University of Bern . First study with CHEOPS data describes one of the most extreme planets in the universe . 28 September 2020 . . 28 September 2020 .
3. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic10a.htm#ic1059 csligman.com
4. WikiSky, "IC 1059" (accessed 2010-10-27)
5. SIMBAD, "IC 1059" (accessed 2010-10-27)