79 Leonis

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:37 | Tran: 20:42 | Set: 2:50

Alt: -15.36° Az: 292.46° Direction: West-North-West

79 Leonis is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo.

79 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, 79 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 79 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 79 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 25m 20s

Declination +01° 16’ 05”

Hour Angle 07h 47m 48s

Sidereal Time 19h 13m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 24m 02s

Declination +01° 24’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 260.09°

Galactic Latitude 56.83°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.39

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.14

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 79 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 79 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

79 Leonis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 79 Leonis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.39

Secondary star magnitude 6.09

Magnitude difference 0.7

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

79 Leonis is distant 365.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.98

Distance (light year) 365.06

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 79 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99055

SAO Catalogue SAO118831

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55650

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2418

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 79 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.7° RISE 14:37

Max altitude: 39.8° TRANSIT 20:42

Azimuth: 271.3° SET 2:50

Set Location

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