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Praecipua - 46 Leonis Minoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:08 | Tran: 8:02 | Set: 17:51
Alt: 69.29°   Az: 218.88°   Direction: South-West

Praecipua, also designated as 46 Leonis Minoris , is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

Praecipua visual magnitude is 3.83. Because of its moderate brightness, Praecipua 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 Praecipua - 46 Leonis Minoris star
DSS2 image of Praecipua. The red arrow shows the motion of Praecipua during the next 1000 years (1.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 54m 41s
+34° 04’ 56”
01h 02m 10s
11h 56m 52s

J2000

10h 53m 18s
+34° 12’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

190°
63.73°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Praecipua - 46 Leonis Minoris star
Simplified finder chart for Praecipua - 46 Leonis Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.83
Hypergiant

1.45
K0III
4649K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Praecipua is distant 97.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

29.94
97.60
16 km/s
0.087 arcsec/y
-0.278"/y

Alternative Designations

Praecipua
46 Leonis Minoris
SAO62297
SAO62297

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Praecipua - 46 Leonis Minoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.9°
Max altitude: 72.6°
Azimuth: 304.1°