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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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7 Leonis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:42 | Tran: 18:54 | Set: 2:10
Alt: -20.54°   Az: 26.72°   Direction: North-North-East

7 Leonis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Leo.

7 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 7 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 37m 15s
+14° 15’ 54”
13h 42m 59s
23h 20m 15s

J2000

09h 35m 52s
+14° 22’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

218.36°
42.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 7 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Main-sequence

0.39
A1V
10002K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

6.36
9.56
3.2
41.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Leonis is distant 510.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

156.49
510.17
20 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO98662
SAO98662

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 75.7°
Max altitude: 52.8°
Azimuth: 284.3°