τ-Leo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , τ-Leo is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 32° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:25, 50° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:47, when it sinks below 19° above your western horizon.
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Name
τ-Leo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h27m56s [4] |
| Declination: | +02°51'22" [4] |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Magnitude: | 4.95 (V) [2] 6.20 (BT) [2] 5.05 (VT) [2] 4.68 (G) [4] 5.18 (BP) [4] 4.03 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 163.7 parsec 533.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.98 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 20.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 122.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.12 |
Sources