37 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:32 | Tran: 9:40 | Set: 16:48

Alt: 6.76° Az: 283.38° Direction: West-North-West

37 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Leo.

37 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, 37 Leonis 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 37 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 18m 00s

Declination +13° 36’ 14”

Hour Angle 06h 25m 08s

Sidereal Time 16h 43m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 16m 40s

Declination +13° 43’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 225.42°

Galactic Latitude 51.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 37 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.41

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.52

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature 3635K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Leonis is distant 499.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 153.14

Distance (light year) 499.23

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD89056

SAO Catalogue SAO99034

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50333

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 2228

FK5 Catalogue 2824

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 76.4° RISE 2:32

Max altitude: 52.1° TRANSIT 9:40

Azimuth: 283.6° SET 16:48

Set Location

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