27 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:38 | Tran: 17:24 | Set: 3:13

Alt: 50.50° Az: 96.92° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 24m 33s

Declination +33° 46’ 42”

Hour Angle 20h 42m 14s

Sidereal Time 07h 06m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 23m 06s

Declination +33° 54’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 191.68°

Galactic Latitude 57.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.66

Spectral Type A6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

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

Distance (parsec) 70.52

Distance (light year) 229.90

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD89904

SAO Catalogue SAO62010

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50860

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 2120

FK5 Catalogue 1267

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° RISE 7:38

Max altitude: 72.3° TRANSIT 17:24

Azimuth: 303.8° SET 3:13

Set Location

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