• Zubenelgenubi  Zubenelgenubi is a star in Libra. ########### ############### ################### ################### ################### ################### ################### ############### ###########  Type White subgiant  Constellation Libra  Magnitude 2.8  Spectral type A3IV  Distance 77 light years  You need naked eye   Known as  Bayer α² Lib  Yale HR 5531  what it has been called: skymap.sh/Zubenelgenubi/about  40.00,-83.00 now · 34° up in the S · mag 2.8 · ↑ 11:19 ↓ 21:31 ⌃ 16:25  Best in the next 12 months on 6 May 2027.  Zubenelgenubi is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.  It clears the horizon between about 36°N and 70°S: Big Bend or Chichen Itza.   You will find it in Libra.   It is a white subgiant, 77 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1949.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, and this is still bright enough to see with the naked eye.   The Moon is 60% lit and only 53° away, which will wash out anything faint nearby.   Best in the next 12 months: 2027-05-06, when it reaches 34° with 6.0 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates