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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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κ Leonis (kappa Leonis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:26 | Tran: 18:55 | Set: 3:28
Alt: -9.09°   Az: 23.69°   Direction: North-North-East

κ Leonis is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Leo.

κ Leonis visual magnitude is 4.46. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Leonis (kappa Leonis) star
DSS2 image of κ Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Leonis during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 26m 07s
+26° 04’ 18”
13h 44m 49s
23h 10m 57s

J2000

09h 24m 39s
+26° 10’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

201.76°
44.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Leonis (kappa Leonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.46
Giant

0.38
K2III
4251K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.46
9.56
5.1
2.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Leonis is distant 213.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

65.45
213.35
28 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Leonis
(kappa Leonis)
SAO80807
SAO80807

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 63.9°
Max altitude: 64.6°
Azimuth: 296.1°