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19 Leonis

Altitude: 49.5°   Azimuth: 193.0°   Direction: South-South-West

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

19 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its reltive faintness, 19 Leonis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 19 Leonis:

6.45
Main-sequence

19 Leonis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 49.5°
Azimuth: 193.0°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 19 Leonis

19 Leonis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 19 Leonis are provided in the following table:

09h 47m 25s
+11° 34’ 05”
223.53°
44.2°
Leo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 19 Leonis in the sky:

Finder chart 19 Leonis star
Simplified finder chart for 19 Leonis.

Visibility of 19 Leonis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 78.4°
Max altitude: 50.1°
Azimuth: 281.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 19 Leonis

The image below is a photograph of 19 Leonis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 19 Leonis is -0.053 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 19 Leonis star
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);

Distance of 19 Leonis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

89.77 pc
292.64 ly
-4 km/s
-0.053 arcsec/year
0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 19 Leonis

19 Leonis belongs to spectral class A7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.68
A7V
6724K

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

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

19 Leonis 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:

6.45
6.65
0.2
0 arcsec

Alternative designations of 19 Leonis

SAO98767
SAO98767