23 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:12 | Tran: 10:07 | Set: 19:02

Alt: 14.15° Az: 299.40° Direction: West-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 17m 38s

Declination +29° 11’ 10”

Hour Angle 06h 58m 26s

Sideral Time 17h 16m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 16m 14s

Declination +29° 18’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.96°

Galactic Latitude 55.9°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 23 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

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

Distance (parsec) 78.93

Distance (light year) 257.30

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 23 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD88960

SAO Catalogue SAO81258

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50303

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 1981

FK5 Catalogue 2823

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.8° RISE 1:12

Max altitude: 67.7° TRANSIT 10:07

Azimuth: 299.2° SET 19:02

Set Location

Other stars in Leo Minor