87 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:50 | Tran: 11:33 | Set: 17:15

Alt: 6.67° Az: 256.37° Direction: West-South-West

87 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo.

87 Leonis visual magnitude is 4.77. Because of its moderate brightness, 87 Leonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 87 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 87 Leonis during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 31m 34s

Declination -03° 08’ 25”

Hour Angle 05h 00m 42s

Sideral Time 16h 32m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 30m 18s

Declination -03° 00’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 266.78°

Galactic Latitude 54.07°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 87 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.57

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature 3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 87 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 87 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

87 Leonis is distant 603.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 185.19

Distance (light year) 603.70

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 87 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99998

SAO Catalogue SAO138238

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56127

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3360

FK5 Catalogue 2917

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 87 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.1° RISE 5:50

Max altitude: 35.4° TRANSIT 11:33

Azimuth: 266.9° SET 17:15

Set Location

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