55-Leo (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , 55-Leo is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:30 (EDT), 39° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:46, 49° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:50, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name 55-Leo
Object type Star
Other names
55-Leo
55 Leonis
HR 4265[1]
HD 94672
HIP 53423[3]
TYC 255-1197-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:10h55m42s [2]
Declination:+00°44'12" [2]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:5.94 (V) [2]
6.43 (BT) [2]
5.98 (VT) [2]
Distance:44.9 parsec
146.3 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.38
Proper motion (speed):104.0 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):91.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.68

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