Zosma (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , Zosma is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:54 (EDT), 68° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:17, 69° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:07, when it sinks below 14° above your western horizon.

Name Zosma
Object type Star
Other names
Zosma
δ-Leo
Delta Leonis
68-Leo
68 Leonis
HR 4357[1]
HD 97603
NSV 5143
HIP 54872[5]
TYC 1439-2479-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:11h14m06s [3]
Declination:+20°31'26" [3]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:
Variable
2.56 (V) [3]
2.74 (BT) [2]
2.57 (VT) [2]
Distance:17.9 parsec
58.4 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.15
Proper motion (speed):193.5 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):132.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.29

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