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52 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:11 | Tran: 1:26 | Set: 8:37
Alt: 17.28°   Az: 88.99°   Direction: East

52 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Leo.

52 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 52 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 52 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 52 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 47m 45s
+14° 03’ 42”
18h 40m 48s
05h 28m 33s

J2000

10h 46m 25s
+14° 11’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

230.54°
58.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 52 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Giant

0.75
G4
4970K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Leonis is distant 287.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

88.18
287.48
35 km/s
-0.123 arcsec/y
-0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO99282
SAO99282

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.9°
Max altitude: 52.6°
Azimuth: 284.1°