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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 40m 34s

Declination +37° 46’ 38”

Hour Angle 19h 04m 05s

Sidereal Time 05h 44m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 39m 07s

Declination +37° 54’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 183.25°

Galactic Latitude 60.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.85

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.40

Spectral Type F9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.57

Temperature 6088K

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

Distance (parsec) 48.92

Distance (light year) 159.49

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.222 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD92168

SAO Catalogue SAO62178

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52139

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+38 2166

FK5 Catalogue 2852

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° RISE 8:38

Max altitude: 76.3° TRANSIT 19:41

Azimuth: 307.8° SET 6:49

Set Location

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