ε-Leo (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , ε-Leo is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:27, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:26, 71° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:35, 71° above your southern horizon.

Name ε-Leo
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Leo
Epsilon Leonis
17-Leo
17 Leonis
HR 3873[1]
HD 84441
NSV 4613
HIP 47908[3]
TYC 1960-1550-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 641662895638787584[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h45m51s [4]
Declination:+23°46'27" [4]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:
Variable
2.96 (V) [2]
3.96 (BT) [2]
3.04 (VT) [2]
2.78 (G) [4]
3.48 (BP) [4]
2.42 (RP) [4]
Distance:69.7 parsec
227.3 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.78
Proper motion (speed):47.4 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):256.8°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.26

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