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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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13 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:35 | Tran: 0:05 | Set: 8:32
Alt: 9.99°   Az: 299.23°   Direction: West-North-West

13 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Leo.

13 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, 13 Leonis 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 13 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 13 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 43m 04s
+25° 47’ 50”
07h 09m 20s
16h 52m 25s

J2000

09h 41m 38s
+25° 54’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

203.37°
47.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Giant

0.14
K2
4213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Leonis is distant 540.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

165.84
540.63
-26 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO80970
SAO80970

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.2°
Max altitude: 64.3°
Azimuth: 295.8°