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43 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:08 | Tran: 0:43 | Set: 7:13
Alt: 24.71°   Az: 247.63°   Direction: West-South-West

43 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo.

43 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, 43 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.

Image of 43 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 43 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-0.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 24m 19s
+06° 24’ 53”
03h 50m 49s
14h 15m 08s

J2000

10h 23m 00s
+06° 32’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

236.37°
49.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 43 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

1.83
K3III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

43 Leonis is distant 229.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

70.32
229.25
-24 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.1"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118269
SAO118269

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 43 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.6°
Max altitude: 44.9°
Azimuth: 276.4°