Star profile
27 Leonis Minoris
What is 27 Leonis Minoris
27 Leonis Minoris is a white A6 main-sequence star about 242 light-years away in a constellation only the seventeenth century dared to draw: Leo Minor, added by Hevelius among the ancient figures. At magnitude 5.89 it skirts the edge of unaided vision and demands a truly dark sky. Its light, released around the end of the Renaissance, is still travelling as it reaches this page.
Where it is and when to see it
27 Leonis Minoris lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 27 Leonis Minoris
- Constellation
- Leo Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- 242.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 155.776° · Dec 33.908°
- Catalogue
- HIP 50860 · HD 89904
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Other stars in Leo Minor
Leo Minor has 22 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Praecipua3.79
- Beta Leonis Minoris4.20
- 21 Leonis Minoris4.49
- 32 Leonis Minoris5.79
- 38 Leonis Minoris5.84
- HIP 498935.86
- 7 Leonis Minoris5.87
- 33 Leonis Minoris5.90