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χ Leonis (chi Leonis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:33 | Tran: 20:07 | Set: 2:45
Alt: -6.80°   Az: 290.64°   Direction: West-North-West

χ Leonis is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Leo.

χ Leonis visual magnitude is 4.63. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Leonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of χ Leonis (chi Leonis) star
DSS2 image of χ Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Leonis during the next 1000 years (-5.68 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 06m 20s
+07° 11’ 55”
07h 22m 02s
18h 28m 22s

J2000

11h 05m 00s
+07° 20’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

246.14°
57.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Leonis (chi Leonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.63
Giant

2.32
F2III
7276K

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

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

Star System Properties

χ Leonis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the χ Leonis double sysyem:

4.63
8.93
4.3
276.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Leonis is distant 94.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

28.95
94.38
5 km/s
-0.341 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Leonis
(chi Leonis)
SAO118648
SAO118648

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.8°
Max altitude: 45.7°
Azimuth: 277.2°