86 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:28 | Tran: 21:04 | Set: 4:43

Alt: 34.29° Az: 255.68° Direction: West-South-West

86 Leonis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Leo.

86 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, 86 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 86 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 86 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-14.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 31m 48s

Declination +18° 16’ 10”

Hour Angle 03h 49m 51s

Sidereal Time 15h 21m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 30m 29s

Declination +18° 24’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.76°

Galactic Latitude 69.44°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.52

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.53

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 86 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 86 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

86 Leonis is distant 325.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 99.70

Distance (light year) 325.02

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.088 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 86 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100006

SAO Catalogue SAO99637

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56146

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 2459

FK5 Catalogue 2918

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 86 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.7° RISE 13:28

Max altitude: 56.8° TRANSIT 21:04

Azimuth: 288.3° SET 4:43

Set Location

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