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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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38 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:38 | Tran: 19:41 | Set: 6:49
Alt: 37.96°   Az: 74.49°   Direction: East-North-East

38 Leonis Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

38 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, 38 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 38 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 38 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Leonis Minoris during the next 1000 years (-3.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 40m 34s
+37° 46’ 38”
19h 04m 05s
05h 44m 40s

J2000

10h 39m 07s
+37° 54’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

183.25°
60.29°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Main-sequence

2.40
F9V
6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Leonis Minoris is distant 159.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

48.92
159.49
7 km/s
-0.222 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

38 Leonis Minoris
SAO62178
SAO62178

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.2°
Max altitude: 76.3°
Azimuth: 307.8°