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40 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:05 | Tran: 0:51 | Set: 8:33
Alt: 4.99°   Az: 295.10°   Direction: West-North-West

40 Leonis is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Leo.

40 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, 40 Leonis 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.

Image of 40 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 40 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 40 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-3.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 21m 06s
+19° 20’ 38”
07h 08m 09s
17h 29m 15s

J2000

10h 19m 44s
+19° 28’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

217.12°
54.48°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.79
Sub-giant

3.16
F6IV
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 40 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 40 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

40 Leonis is distant 69.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

21.17
69.01
7 km/s
-0.234 arcsec/y
-0.214"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO99065
SAO99065
Gl 388.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 40 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.7°
Max altitude: 57.9°
Azimuth: 289.3°