80 Leonis

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:22 | Tran: 12:39 | Set: 18:56

Alt: -25.40° Az: 44.60° Direction: North-East

80 Leonis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Leo.

80 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, 80 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 80 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 80 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 27m 06s

Declination +03° 43’ 26”

Hour Angle 14h 37m 52s

Sideral Time 02h 04m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 25m 50s

Declination +03° 51’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 257.9°

Galactic Latitude 59.03°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 80 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.43

Spectral Type F3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 80 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 80 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

80 Leonis is distant 200.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 61.43

Distance (light year) 200.25

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.08 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 80 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99329

SAO Catalogue SAO118851

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55791

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2463

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 80 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.3° RISE 6:22

Max altitude: 42.2° TRANSIT 12:39

Azimuth: 273.7° SET 18:56

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Leo