62 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:18 | Tran: 1:19 | Set: 7:17

Alt: 3.62° Az: 94.78° Direction: East

62 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo.

62 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 62 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 62 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-9.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 04m 53s

Declination -00° 08’ 11”

Hour Angle 18h 23m 59s

Sidereal Time 05h 28m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 03m 36s

Declination -00° 00’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 254.81°

Galactic Latitude 52.49°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature 4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Leonis is distant 557.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 170.94

Distance (light year) 557.26

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.057 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 62 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95849

SAO Catalogue SAO118634

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54049

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2729

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.1° RISE 19:18

Max altitude: 38.4° TRANSIT 1:19

Azimuth: 269.9° SET 7:17

Set Location

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