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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 57m 56s

Declination +25° 21’ 50”

Hour Angle 22h 57m 14s

Sidereal Time 09h 55m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 56m 34s

Declination +25° 30’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210°

Galactic Latitude 64.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.66

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

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

Distance (parsec) 86.51

Distance (light year) 282.01

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 50 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94747

SAO Catalogue SAO81591

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53492

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 2152

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° RISE 11:27

Max altitude: 63.9° TRANSIT 19:51

Azimuth: 295.4° SET 4:18

Set Location

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