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7 Leonis Minoris

Altitude: 18.9°   Azimuth: 300.7°   Direction: West-North-West

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

7 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, 7 Leonis Minoris should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 7 Leonis Minoris:

5.85
Giant

7 Leonis Minoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 18.9°
Azimuth: 300.7°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 7 Leonis Minoris

7 Leonis Minoris is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 7 Leonis Minoris are provided in the following table:

09h 30m 43s
+33° 39’ 20”
191.56°
46.65°
Leo Minor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 7 Leonis Minoris in the sky:

Finder chart 7 Leonis Minoris star
Simplified finder chart for 7 Leonis Minoris.

Visibility of 7 Leonis Minoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 56.3°
Max altitude: 72.2°
Azimuth: 303.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 7 Leonis Minoris

The image below is a photograph of 7 Leonis Minoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 7 Leonis Minoris is -0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.049 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 7 Leonis Minoris from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
515.01 ly
2 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/year
-0.049 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 7 Leonis Minoris

7 Leonis Minoris belongs to spectral class G8

-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

7 Leonis Minoris 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

Alternative designations of 7 Leonis Minoris

7 Leonis Minoris
SAO61529
SAO61529