9 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:47 | Tran: 16:15 | Set: 2:46

Alt: 73.83° Az: 204.05° Direction: South-West

9 Leonis Minoris is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

9 Leonis Minoris visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, 9 Leonis Minoris 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 9 Leonis Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Leonis Minoris during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 35m 03s

Declination +36° 22’ 22”

Hour Angle 00h 32m 24s

Sidereal Time 10h 07m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 33m 30s

Declination +36° 29’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 187.47°

Galactic Latitude 47.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.66

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.27

Temperature 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Leonis Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Leonis Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Leonis Minoris is distant 414.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 127.06

Distance (light year) 414.23

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 9 Leonis Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD82522

SAO Catalogue SAO61561

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP46904

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 1998

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.6° RISE 5:47

Max altitude: 74.9° TRANSIT 16:15

Azimuth: 306.4° SET 2:46

Set Location

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