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public  Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, Francia Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, Fran...  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Paris
Sunrise: 6:01 
Transit: 13:56 
Sunset: 21:51
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48 Leonis Minoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:58 | Tran: 18:00 | Set: 2:07
Alt: -15.74°   Az: 14.36°   Direction: North-North-East

48 Leonis Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

48 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 48 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 56m 05s
+25° 21’ 16”
13h 01m 15s
23h 57m 20s

J2000

10h 54m 42s
+25° 29’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

209.85°
63.85°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

0.73
A8V
7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Leonis Minoris is distant 405.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

124.38
405.47
8 km/s
-0.054 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

48 Leonis Minoris
SAO81576
SAO81576

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, Francia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Paris):

Azimuth: 64.6°
Max altitude: 67.7°
Azimuth: 295.4°