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Sunset: 20:48
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73 Leonis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:24 | Tran: 20:30 | Set: 3:40
Alt: 16.50°   Az: 270.54°   Direction: West

73 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo.

73 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 73 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 73 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 73 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 73 Leonis during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 17m 11s
+13° 10’ 07”
05h 19m 48s
16h 36m 59s

J2000

11h 15m 51s
+13° 18’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

239.93°
63.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 73 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.32
Giant

-0.51
K3III
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 73 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 73 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

73 Leonis is distant 478.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

146.63
478.01
18 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO99525
SAO99525

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 73 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.8°
Max altitude: 51.7°
Azimuth: 283.2°