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

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:57 | Tran: 20:51 | Set: 4:49
Alt: -14.10°   Az: 336.16°   Direction: North-North-West

92 Leonis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Leo.

92 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.26. Because of its faintness, 92 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.

Image of 92 Leonis star
DSS2 image of 92 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 92 Leonis during the next 10000 years (-10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 42m 06s
+21° 12’ 43”
10h 20m 32s
22h 02m 39s

J2000

11h 40m 47s
+21° 21’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

228.85°
72.91°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.26
Giant

1.00
K1III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 92 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 92 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

92 Leonis is distant 232.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

71.23
232.19
9 km/s
-0.064 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81941
SAO81941

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 92 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.8°
Max altitude: 59.7°
Azimuth: 291.2°