58 Leonis

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:35 | Tran: 19:51 | Set: 2:10

Alt: -4.17° Az: 79.09° Direction: East

58 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Leo.

58 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, 58 Leonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 58 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Leonis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 01m 52s

Declination +03° 28’ 50”

Hour Angle 17h 15m 24s

Sidereal Time 04h 17m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 00m 33s

Declination +03° 37’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.69°

Galactic Latitude 54.59°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.84

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.26

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

58 Leonis is distant 341.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.82

Distance (light year) 341.72

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 58 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95345

SAO Catalogue SAO118610

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53807

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2407

FK5 Catalogue 1284

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.5° RISE 13:35

Max altitude: 42.0° TRANSIT 19:51

Azimuth: 273.5° SET 2:10

Set Location

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