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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:07
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11 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:36 | Tran: 17:51 | Set: 4:10
Alt: 61.82°   Az: 111.17°   Direction: East-South-East

11 Leonis Minoris is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

11 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, 11 Leonis Minoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 11 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 11 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Leonis Minoris during the next 1000 years (-11.77 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 37m 12s
+35° 41’ 44”
21h 48m 39s
07h 25m 52s

J2000

09h 35m 39s
+35° 48’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

188.49°
47.81°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Main-sequence

5.17
G8V
5373K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

11 Leonis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 11 Leonis Minoris double sysyem:

5.41
13.91
8.5
3.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Leonis Minoris is distant 36.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

11.18
36.44
13 km/s
-0.706 arcsec/y
-0.241"/y

Alternative Designations

11 Leonis Minoris
SAO61586
SAO61586
Gl 356 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.3°
Max altitude: 74.2°
Azimuth: 305.7°