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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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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.

Image of 75 Leonis star
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

11h 18m 35s
+01° 52’ 17”
15h 56m 36s
03h 15m 12s

J2000

11h 17m 17s
+02° 00’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

257.02°
56.25°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Hypergiant

-0.31
M0III
3764K

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

HR 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.

125.16
408.01
-59 km/s
0.056 arcsec/y
-0.14"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118764
SAO118764

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°
Max altitude: 40.4°
Azimuth: 271.9°