53 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 12:22 | Set: 19:13

Alt: 32.06° Az: 116.39° Direction: East-South-East

53 Leonis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Leo.

53 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, 53 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.

DSS2 image of 53 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 50m 33s

Declination +10° 24’ 50”

Hour Angle 20h 37m 55s

Sideral Time 07h 28m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 49m 15s

Declination +10° 32’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 237°

Galactic Latitude 56.82°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 53 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.34

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.29

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Leonis is distant 334.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 102.46

Distance (light year) 334.02

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93702

SAO Catalogue SAO99305

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52911

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 2283

FK5 Catalogue 409

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.6° RISE 5:31

Max altitude: 48.9° TRANSIT 12:22

Azimuth: 280.4° SET 19:13

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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