95 Leonis

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:57 | Tran: 13:17 | Set: 20:36

Alt: -6.24° Az: 55.30° Direction: North-East

95 Leonis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Leo.

95 Leonis visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 95 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 95 Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of 95 Leonis during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 56m 56s

Declination +15° 30’ 32”

Hour Angle 15h 52m 03s

Sideral Time 03h 48m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 55m 40s

Declination +15° 38’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 251.67°

Galactic Latitude 72.7°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 95 Leonis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 95 Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 95 Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

95 Leonis is distant 560.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 171.82

Distance (light year) 560.14

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 95 Leonis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD103578

SAO Catalogue SAO99869

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58159

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 2319

FK5 Catalogue 1308

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 95 Leonis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.5° RISE 5:57

Max altitude: 54.0° TRANSIT 13:17

Azimuth: 285.5° SET 20:36

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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