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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:46 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:11
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51 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:07 | Tran: 18:46 | Set: 2:28
Alt: -0.58°   Az: 58.05°   Direction: East-North-East

51 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo.

51 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 51 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 51 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 51 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Leonis during the next 1000 years (1.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 47m 46s
+18° 45’ 24”
16h 14m 35s
03h 02m 21s

J2000

10h 46m 24s
+18° 53’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

222.26°
60.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 51 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.49
Giant

1.80
K3
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

51 Leonis is distant 178.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

54.73
178.43
-6 km/s
0.097 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO99281
SAO99281

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 51 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.2°
Max altitude: 57.3°
Azimuth: 288.8°