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public  Ponzano, Italy Ponzano, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 13:16 
Sunset: 20:58
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23 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:48 | Tran: 16:05 | Set: 0:22
Alt: 72.27°   Az: 156.07°   Direction: South-South-East

23 Leonis Minoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

23 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 23 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 23 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 23 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-12.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 17m 41s
+29° 10’ 57”
23h 27m 28s
09h 45m 09s

J2000

10h 16m 14s
+29° 18’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

199.96°
55.9°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Hypergiant

0.86
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Leonis Minoris is distant 257.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

78.93
257.30
16 km/s
-0.075 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

23 Leonis Minoris
SAO81258
SAO81258

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 23 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Ponzano, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 60.8°
Max altitude: 73.5°
Azimuth: 299.2°