44 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:09 | Tran: 19:52 | Set: 4:39

Alt: 11.80° Az: 59.76° Direction: East-North-East

44 Leonis Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

44 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 51m 17s

Declination +27° 50’ 20”

Hour Angle 16h 52m 01s

Sidereal Time 03h 43m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 49m 53s

Declination +27° 58’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.02°

Galactic Latitude 63.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 44 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.04

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.58

Spectral Type F3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Leonis Minoris is distant 254.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 78.06

Distance (light year) 254.49

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 44 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93765

SAO Catalogue SAO81542

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52959

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1931

FK5 Catalogue 2863

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.2° RISE 11:09

Max altitude: 66.4° TRANSIT 19:52

Azimuth: 297.8° SET 4:39

Set Location

Other stars in Leo Minor