19 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:13 | Tran: 19:09 | Set: 2:10

Alt: 49.09° Az: 164.35° Direction: South-South-East

19 Leonis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Leo.

19 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 19 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.

DSS2 image of 19 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 48m 47s

Declination +11° 26’ 59”

Hour Angle 23h 18m 27s

Sidereal Time 09h 07m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 47m 25s

Declination +11° 34’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 223.53°

Galactic Latitude 44.2°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.68

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.43

Temperature 6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

19 Leonis 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 19 Leonis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.45

Secondary star magnitude 6.65

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Leonis is distant 292.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 89.77

Distance (light year) 292.64

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.053 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD84722

SAO Catalogue SAO98767

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48029

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 2095

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.6° RISE 12:13

Max altitude: 50.0° TRANSIT 19:09

Azimuth: 281.4° SET 2:10

Set Location

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