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33 Leonis Minoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:09 | Tran: 0:40 | Set: 10:06
Alt: -5.50°   Az: 349.06°   Direction: North

33 Leonis Minoris is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

33 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 33 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 33m 16s
+32° 14’ 58”
11h 08m 23s
21h 41m 39s

J2000

10h 31m 51s
+32° 22’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

194.53°
59.39°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Hypergiant

1.52
A0IV
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 Leonis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 33 Leonis Minoris double sysyem:

5.9
12.5
6.6
43.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Leonis Minoris is distant 244.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

75.02
244.56
-15 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

33 Leonis Minoris
SAO62101
SAO62101

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.8°
Max altitude: 70.8°
Azimuth: 302.2°