What type of Star is Zuben Elakrab and what color is it?

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What type of Star is Zuben Elakrab and what color is it?

2007-01-18 11:17:53 · 2 answers · asked by dreamer 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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It is in the same spectral class as our sun. (Yellow)
Spectral Type G8.5III

As far as more details I could not find much on line.

2007-01-18 11:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by sparkyboy444 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

"Shears of the Scorpion" ,Wikipedia tells you all about this star. The color is based on the stars age.
Gamma Librae (Î³ Lib / Î³ Librae) is a star in the constellation Libra. It also has the traditional name Zuben-el-Akrab (Arabic for "shears of the scorpion"), or Zuben el Hakrabi, Zuben Hakraki.

Gamma Librae belongs to the spectral class G8 and has apparent magnitude +4. It is approximately 152 light years from the Earth.

2007-01-18 19:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kamp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋