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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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7 Leonis Minoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:26 | Tran: 19:09 | Set: 4:55
Alt: -4.22°   Az: 349.23°   Direction: North

7 Leonis Minoris is a multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

7 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, 7 Leonis Minoris 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 7 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of 7 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 32m 14s
+33° 32’ 34”
11h 08m 19s
20h 40m 34s

J2000

09h 30m 43s
+33° 39’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

191.56°
46.65°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

-0.14
G8
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

7 Leonis Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 7 Leonis Minoris double sysyem:

5.85
9.15
3.3
62.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Leonis Minoris is distant 515.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

157.98
515.01
2 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

7 Leonis Minoris
SAO61529
SAO61529

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.5°
Max altitude: 72.1°
Azimuth: 303.5°