75 Leonis

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:28 | Tran: 20:35 | Set: 2:46

Alt: -17.07° Az: 63.85° Direction: East-North-East

75 Leonis is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Leo.

75 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 75 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.

DSS2 image of 75 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Leonis during the next 1000 years (0.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 18m 35s

Declination +01° 52’ 17”

Hour Angle 15h 56m 36s

Sidereal Time 03h 15m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 17m 17s

Declination +02° 00’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 257.02°

Galactic Latitude 56.25°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.18

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.31

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.52

Temperature 3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

75 Leonis is distant 408.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 59 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.16

Distance (light year) 408.01

Radial Speed -59 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.056 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.14"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 75 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD98118

SAO Catalogue SAO118764

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55137

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2409

FK5 Catalogue 2902

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 75 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.1° RISE 14:28

Max altitude: 40.4° TRANSIT 20:35

Azimuth: 271.9° SET 2:46

Set Location

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