ε-Leo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , ε-Leo is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:18 (EDT), 63° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:56, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:53, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
ε-Leo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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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