How to see it
23 Lib has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 23 Lib: right ascension 15h 13m 28s, declination −25° 18′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).
Catalog context
23 Lib. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74500, HD 134987, Gaia DR3 6226694571859532800. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6226694571859532800
- HIP
- 74500
- HD
- 134987
- gaia_dr3
- 6226694571859532800
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 23 Lib
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 6226694571859532800
- Gl 579.4
- HD 134987
- HIP 74500
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.30