88 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:45 | Tran: 20:57 | Set: 4:13

Alt: 21.98° Az: 265.33° Direction: West

88 Leonis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Leo.

88 Leonis visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, 88 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 88 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 88 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 33m 03s

Declination +14° 13’ 27”

Hour Angle 04h 49m 49s

Sidereal Time 16h 22m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 31m 44s

Declination +14° 21’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.43°

Galactic Latitude 67.48°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.2

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 4.39

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.57

Temperature 6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 88 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 88 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

88 Leonis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 88 Leonis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.2

Secondary star magnitude 9

Magnitude difference 2.8

Separation 15.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

88 Leonis is distant 75.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 23.03

Distance (light year) 75.08

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.33 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.189"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 88 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100180

SAO Catalogue SAO99648

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56242

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 2345

Gliese Catalogue NN 3669 A

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8196

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 88 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.8° RISE 13:45

Max altitude: 52.7° TRANSIT 20:57

Azimuth: 284.2° SET 4:13

Set Location

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