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34 Leonis Minoris

Altitude: 57.9°   Azimuth: 254.3°   Direction: West-South-West

34 Leonis Minoris is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Leo Minor.

34 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its reltive faintness, 34 Leonis Minoris should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 34 Leonis Minoris:

5.58
Main-sequence

34 Leonis Minoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 57.9°
Azimuth: 254.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 34 Leonis Minoris

34 Leonis Minoris is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 34 Leonis Minoris are provided in the following table:

10h 33m 30s
+34° 59’ 18”
189.36°
59.6°
Leo Minor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 34 Leonis Minoris in the sky:

Finder chart 34 Leonis Minoris star
Simplified finder chart for 34 Leonis Minoris.

Visibility of 34 Leonis Minoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 34 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.0°
Max altitude: 73.5°
Azimuth: 305.0°
34 Leonis Minoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 34 Leonis Minoris

The image below is a photograph of 34 Leonis Minoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 34 Leonis Minoris is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 34 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 34 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 34 Leonis Minoris from the Sun and relative movement

34 Leonis Minoris is distant 527.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

161.81 pc
527.51 ly
7 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/year
-0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 34 Leonis Minoris

34 Leonis Minoris belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.47
A2V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 34 Leonis Minoris

34 Leonis Minoris
SAO62121
SAO62121