89 Leonis

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:00 | Tran: 20:13 | Set: 2:29

Alt: 34.46° Az: 220.27° Direction: South-West

89 Leonis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Leo.

89 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 89 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 89 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 89 Leonis during the next 1000 years (-3.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 35m 40s

Declination +02° 55’ 09”

Hour Angle 02h 09m 01s

Sidereal Time 13h 44m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 34m 22s

Declination +03° 03’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 262.18°

Galactic Latitude 59.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 89 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.65

Spectral Type F5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 89 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 89 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

89 Leonis is distant 86.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 26.56

Distance (light year) 86.59

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.182 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.104"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 89 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100563

SAO Catalogue SAO118929

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56445

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 2521

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9367

FK5 Catalogue 2924

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 89 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.1° RISE 14:00

Max altitude: 41.4° TRANSIT 20:13

Azimuth: 272.9° SET 2:29

Set Location

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