48 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:22 | Tran: 19:45 | Set: 4:12

Alt: 42.83° Az: 256.88° Direction: West-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 56m 04s

Declination +25° 21’ 18”

Hour Angle 03h 28m 52s

Sidereal Time 14h 24m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 54m 42s

Declination +25° 29’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 209.85°

Galactic Latitude 63.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.2

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

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

Distance (parsec) 124.38

Distance (light year) 405.47

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.054 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94480

SAO Catalogue SAO81576

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53355

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 2147

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.6° RISE 11:22

Max altitude: 63.9° TRANSIT 19:45

Azimuth: 295.4° SET 4:12

Set Location

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