24 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:33 | Tran: 19:23 | Set: 4:16

Alt: 0.76° Az: 318.67° Direction: North-West

24 Leonis Minoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

24 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 17m 54s

Declination +28° 33’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 45m 01s

Sidereal Time 19h 02m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 16m 28s

Declination +28° 40’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 201.09°

Galactic Latitude 55.88°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.96

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.6

Temperature 5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Leonis Minoris is distant 104.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 32.00

Distance (light year) 104.32

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.055 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.089"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD88986

SAO Catalogue SAO81259

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50316

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+29 2021

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.4° RISE 10:33

Max altitude: 67.1° TRANSIT 19:23

Azimuth: 298.6° SET 4:16

Set Location

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