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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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60 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:43 | Tran: 1:34 | Set: 9:20
Alt: 24.07°   Az: 272.38°   Direction: West

60 Leonis is a star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Leo.

60 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.42. Because of its moderate brightness, 60 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 60 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 60 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 03m 40s
+20° 02’ 39”
05h 04m 44s
16h 08m 24s

J2000

11h 02m 19s
+20° 10’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

222.61°
64.13°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.42

1.53
A1
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Leonis is distant 123.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

37.92
123.63
-10 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81637
SAO81637

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.0°
Max altitude: 58.6°
Azimuth: 290.0°