33 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:40 | Tran: 10:11 | Set: 19:38

Alt: 36.83° Az: 82.55° Direction: East

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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 33m 15s

Declination +32° 15’ 05”

Hour Angle 19h 20m 48s

Sideral Time 05h 54m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 31m 51s

Declination +32° 22’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 194.53°

Galactic Latitude 59.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 33 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.52

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

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

Main star magnitude 5.9

Secondary star magnitude 12.5

Magnitude difference 6.6

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 75.02

Distance (light year) 244.56

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 33 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD91130

SAO Catalogue SAO62101

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP51556

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+33 1999

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS7813

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: 57.7° RISE 0:40

Max altitude: 70.8° TRANSIT 10:11

Azimuth: 302.3° SET 19:38

Set Location

Other stars in Leo Minor