How to see it
26 Lib has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 26 Lib: right ascension 15h 14m 34s, declination −17° 46′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).
Catalog context
26 Lib. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74600, HD 135230, Gaia DR3 6257464164237533952. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6257464164237533952
- HIP
- 74600
- HD
- 135230
- gaia_dr3
- 6257464164237533952
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 26 Lib
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.16