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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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9 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:17 | Tran: 18:44 | Set: 5:15
Alt: 61.19°   Az: 107.95°   Direction: East-South-East

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.

Image of 9 Leonis Minoris star
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

09h 35m 03s
+36° 22’ 23”
21h 41m 10s
07h 16m 13s

J2000

09h 33m 30s
+36° 29’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

187.47°
47.39°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Giant

0.66
K4
4176K

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

HR 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.

127.06
414.23
-17 km/s
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Leonis Minoris
SAO61561
SAO61561

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°
Max altitude: 74.9°
Azimuth: 306.4°