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49 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:15 | Tran: 11:56 | Set: 18:37
Alt: -29.93°   Az: 356.11°   Direction: North

49 Leonis is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Leo.

49 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 49 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 36m 19s
+08° 31’ 18”
11h 46m 21s
22h 22m 41s

J2000

10h 35m 02s
+08° 39’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

236.3°
52.86°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 49 Leonis star
Simplified finder chart for 49 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Main-sequence

-0.09
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

49 Leonis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 49 Leonis double sysyem:

5.67
7.67
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Leonis is distant 462.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

141.84
462.41
17 km/s
-0.055 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118380
SAO118380

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.5°
Max altitude: 47.0°
Azimuth: 278.5°