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ξ Leonis (xi Leonis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:31 | Tran: 18:27 | Set: 1:26
Alt: 26.89°   Az: 253.28°   Direction: West-South-West

ξ Leonis is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Leo.

ξ Leonis visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Leonis (xi Leonis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Leonis during the next 1000 years (-1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.37 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 33m 18s
+11° 11’ 11”
04h 02m 09s
13h 35m 28s

J2000

09h 31m 56s
+11° 17’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

221.56°
40.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Leonis (xi Leonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Hypergiant

0.65
K0III
4626K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.97
6.87
1.9
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Leonis is distant 238.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

73.15
238.48
29 km/s
-0.094 arcsec/y
-0.082"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Leonis
(xi Leonis)
SAO98627
SAO98627

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 78.8°
Max altitude: 49.7°
Azimuth: 281.2°