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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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50 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:27 | Tran: 19:51 | Set: 4:18
Alt: 61.27°   Az: 149.44°   Direction: South-South-East

50 Leonis Minoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

50 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 50 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 57m 56s
+25° 21’ 50”
22h 57m 14s
09h 55m 11s

J2000

10h 56m 34s
+25° 30’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

210°
64.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Hypergiant

1.66
K0
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Leonis Minoris is distant 282.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

86.51
282.01
30 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

50 Leonis Minoris
SAO81591
SAO81591

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 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°
Max altitude: 63.9°
Azimuth: 295.4°