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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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44 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:57 | Tran: 19:39 | Set: 2:25
Alt: -27.16°   Az: 336.36°   Direction: North-North-West

44 Leonis is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Leo.

44 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 44 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Leonis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 26m 35s
+08° 39’ 18”
10h 35m 21s
21h 01m 57s

J2000

10h 25m 15s
+08° 47’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

233.95°
50.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 44 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Giant

-1.06
M3III
3622K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Leonis is distant 704.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

215.98
704.10
-20 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118286
SAO118286

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 81.3°
Max altitude: 47.2°
Azimuth: 278.7°