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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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20 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:34 | Tran: 18:56 | Set: 4:21
Alt: 53.92°   Az: 106.69°   Direction: East-South-East

20 Leonis Minoris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

20 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 20 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Leonis Minoris during the next 1000 years (-8.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 02m 29s
+31° 48’ 02”
21h 13m 39s
07h 16m 08s

J2000

10h 01m 00s
+31° 55’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

195.01°
52.86°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.36
Main-sequence

4.49
G3V
5742K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

20 Leonis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 20 Leonis Minoris double sysyem:

5.36
8.56
3.2
407 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Leonis Minoris is distant 48.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 56 kilometers per second.

14.89
48.56
56 km/s
-0.528 arcsec/y
-0.428"/y

Alternative Designations

20 Leonis Minoris
SAO61808
SAO61808

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.2°
Max altitude: 70.3°
Azimuth: 301.8°