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27 Leonis Minoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:42 | Tran: 7:32 | Set: 17:17
Alt: -4.71°   Az: 357.80°   Direction: North

27 Leonis Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

27 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 27 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 24m 31s
+33° 46’ 54”
11h 49m 25s
22h 13m 57s

J2000

10h 23m 06s
+33° 54’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

191.68°
57.53°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 27 Leonis Minoris star
Simplified finder chart for 27 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

1.66
A6V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Leonis Minoris is distant 229.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

70.52
229.90
-15 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

27 Leonis Minoris
SAO62010
SAO62010

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.2°
Max altitude: 72.3°
Azimuth: 303.8°