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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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64 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:10 | Tran: 20:18 | Set: 4:29
Alt: -11.58°   Az: 334.51°   Direction: North-North-West

64 Leonis is a star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Leo.

64 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, 64 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.

Image of 64 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 64 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 09m 01s
+23° 11’ 09”
10h 10m 47s
21h 19m 48s

J2000

11h 07m 39s
+23° 19’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

216.37°
66.27°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.46

2.07
A5
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Leonis is distant 246.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

75.59
246.41
-2 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81681
SAO81681

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.8°
Max altitude: 61.7°
Azimuth: 293.2°