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Sunset: 20:52
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10 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:11 | Tran: 18:37 | Set: 5:06
Alt: 9.49°   Az: 318.88°   Direction: North-West

10 Leonis Minoris is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

10 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 4.55. Because of its moderate brightness, 10 Leonis Minoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 10 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 10 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 35m 46s
+36° 17’ 00”
08h 25m 43s
18h 01m 29s

J2000

09h 34m 13s
+36° 23’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

187.61°
47.53°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.55
Giant

0.89
G8III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Leonis Minoris is distant 176.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

54.00
176.03
-12 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

10 Leonis Minoris
SAO61570
SAO61570

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.7°
Max altitude: 74.8°
Azimuth: 306.3°