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Sunset: 20:48
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22 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:51 | Tran: 19:06 | Set: 3:25
Alt: 7.11°   Az: 300.56°   Direction: West-North-West

22 Leonis is a sub-giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Leo.

22 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 22 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 22 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 22 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Leonis during the next 1000 years (0.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 53m 19s
+24° 16’ 30”
07h 21m 34s
17h 14m 53s

J2000

09h 51m 52s
+24° 23’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

206.42°
49.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 22 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.32
Sub-giant

2.30
A5IV
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Leonis is distant 130.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

40.16
130.92
-2 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.179"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81054
SAO81054

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7°
Max altitude: 62.8°
Azimuth: 294.3°