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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
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72 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:21 | Tran: 1:31 | Set: 9:37
Alt: 3.84°   Az: 57.09°   Direction: East-North-East

72 Leonis is a variable bright giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Leo.

72 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.63. Because of its moderate brightness, 72 Leonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 72 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 72 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 72 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 16m 32s
+22° 57’ 29”
16h 21m 50s
03h 38m 22s

J2000

11h 15m 12s
+23° 05’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

218.1°
67.88°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.63
Bright giant

-6.92
M3II
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 72 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 72 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

72 Leonis is distant 6,653.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

2,040.82
6,653.06
16 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81736
SAO81736

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 72 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.0°
Max altitude: 61.5°
Azimuth: 293.0°