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39 Leonis appears at just 74 light-years away, a remarkable proximity that makes it a close neighbor of the Sun inside the lion's outline. It is a yellow-white F-type star, slightly hotter than the Sun, with a spectrum akin to the daylight star. Seen from here, its light takes less than a century to reach us, placing it among the nearest beacons in Flamsteed's catalog within this constellation.