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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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15 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:56 | Tran: 18:58 | Set: 4:03
Alt: -7.84°   Az: 348.48°   Direction: North-North-West

15 Leonis is a sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Leo.

15 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, 15 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 15 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 15 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-0.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 45m 02s
+29° 51’ 25”
11h 07m 16s
20h 52m 18s

J2000

09h 43m 33s
+29° 58’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

197.47°
48.93°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.64
Sub-giant

2.20
A2IV
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Leonis is distant 159.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

48.83
159.18
16 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.1"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO61656
SAO61656

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.1°
Max altitude: 68.4°
Azimuth: 299.9°