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44 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:15 | Tran: 8:02 | Set: 16:46
Alt: 25.52°   Az: 76.63°   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.

Image of 44 Leonis Minoris star
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

10h 51m 15s
+27° 50’ 30”
18h 27m 16s
05h 18m 32s

J2000

10h 49m 53s
+27° 58’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

204.02°
63.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 44 Leonis Minoris star
Simplified finder chart for 44 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

1.58
F3V
7044K

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

HR 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.

78.06
254.49
3 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

44 Leonis Minoris
SAO81542
SAO81542

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°
Max altitude: 66.4°
Azimuth: 297.8°