28 Leonis Minoris

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:42 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 0:49

Alt: -13.27° Az: 36.38° Direction: South-South-West

28 Leonis Minoris is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

28 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 25m 36s

Declination +33° 35’ 19”

Hour Angle 14h 55m 29s

Sidereal Time 01h 21m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 24m 08s

Declination +33° 43’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 192.02°

Galactic Latitude 57.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.01

Spectral Type K1

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Leonis Minoris is distant 409.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.47

Distance (light year) 409.03

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD90040

SAO Catalogue SAO62019

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50935

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+34 2123

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Atmore, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Chicago):

Azimuth: 56.4° RISE 9:42

Max altitude: 87.4° TRANSIT 17:14

Azimuth: 303.6° SET 0:49

Name:	Atmore, United States
Latitude:	31° 1' 25.7" N
Longitude:	87° 29' 38.0" W
Timezone:	America/Chicago

Set Location

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