48 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:40 | Tran: 20:12 | Set: 2:49

Alt: 33.28° Az: 233.39° Direction: South-West

48 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo.

48 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 48 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.

DSS2 image of 48 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-1.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 36m 07s

Declination +06° 49’ 18”

Hour Angle 02h 50m 05s

Sidereal Time 13h 26m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 34m 48s

Declination +06° 57’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.51°

Galactic Latitude 51.84°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.08

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Leonis is distant 318.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.75

Distance (light year) 318.67

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.102 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD91612

SAO Catalogue SAO118376

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP51775

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 2330

FK5 Catalogue 2846

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.2° RISE 13:40

Max altitude: 45.3° TRANSIT 20:12

Azimuth: 276.8° SET 2:49

Set Location

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