37 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:50 | Tran: 20:12 | Set: 5:38

Alt: 41.33° Az: 271.33° Direction: West

37 Leonis Minoris is a bright giant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

37 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 Leonis Minoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 37 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Leonis Minoris during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 40m 08s

Declination +31° 50’ 36”

Hour Angle 04h 08m 20s

Sidereal Time 14h 48m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 38m 43s

Declination +31° 58’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 195.3°

Galactic Latitude 60.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.71

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -1.10

Spectral Type G2II

Color Index (B-V) 0.81

Temperature 5251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Leonis Minoris is distant 473.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 145.35

Distance (light year) 473.84

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD92125

SAO Catalogue SAO62173

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52098

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 2061

FK5 Catalogue 1275

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.2° RISE 10:50

Max altitude: 70.4° TRANSIT 20:12

Azimuth: 301.8° SET 5:38

Set Location

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