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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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ν Leonis (nu Leonis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:15 | Tran: 15:16 | Set: 22:18
Alt: 38.29°   Az: 123.72°   Direction: East-South-East

ν Leonis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Leo.

ν Leonis visual magnitude is 5.26. Because of its faintness, ν Leonis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ν Leonis (nu Leonis) star
DSS2 image of ν Leonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Leonis during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 59m 35s
+12° 19’ 18”
21h 12m 17s
07h 11m 52s

J2000

09h 58m 13s
+12° 26’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

224.1°
46.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Leonis (nu Leonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.26
Sub-giant

-0.79
B9IV
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ν Leonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ν Leonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Leonis is distant 529.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

162.34
529.22
14 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Leonis
(nu Leonis)
SAO98876
SAO98876

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ν Leonis (nu Leonis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.7°
Max altitude: 50.8°
Azimuth: 282.3°