ι-Leo (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , ι-Leo is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:59 (PDT), 22° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:40, 66° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:41, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.

Name ι-Leo
Object type Star
Other names
ι-Leo
Iota Leonis
78-Leo
78 Leonis
HR 4399[1]
HD 99028
NSV 5184
HIP 55642[3]
TYC 858-1221-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:11h23m55s [2]
Declination:+10°31'46" [2]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:
Variable
4.02 (V) [2]
4.48 (BT) [2]
4.06 (VT) [2]
Distance:23.7 parsec
77.2 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.36
Proper motion (speed):162.1 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):119.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.15

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