69 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:19 | Tran: 11:16 | Set: 17:13

Alt: 22.81° Az: 122.31° Direction: East-South-East

69 Leonis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Leo.

69 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 69 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 69 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 15m 01s

Declination -00° 12’ 17”

Hour Angle 20h 35m 17s

Sideral Time 07h 50m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 13m 45s

Declination -00° 04’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 258.13°

Galactic Latitude 54.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 69 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.42

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.40

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Leonis is distant 476.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 146.20

Distance (light year) 476.61

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.043 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD97585

SAO Catalogue SAO118731

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54849

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2761

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.2° RISE 5:19

Max altitude: 38.3° TRANSIT 11:16

Azimuth: 269.8° SET 17:13

Set Location

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