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59 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:35 | Tran: 11:03 | Set: 17:31
Alt: -2.94°   Az: 76.61°   Direction: East-North-East

59 Leonis is a double giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Leo.

59 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 59 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.

Image of 59 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 59 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 02m 01s
+05° 58’ 04”
17h 10m 33s
04h 12m 34s

J2000

11h 00m 44s
+06° 06’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

246.54°
56.32°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 59 Leonis star
Simplified finder chart for 59 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Giant

1.66
A5III
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

59 Leonis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 59 Leonis double sysyem:

4.99
12.49
7.5
44.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Leonis is distant 150.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

46.27
150.86
-12 km/s
-0.048 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118615
SAO118615

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.0°
Max altitude: 44.5°
Azimuth: 276.0°