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hip-53449
Variable starIts story
56 Leonis is a red M-type giant about 389 light-years away, also catalogued as the variable VY Leo. Its brightness drifts slowly between magnitudes 5.7 and 6.0, right at the edge of unaided sight. Its deep hue comes from a cool, swollen photosphere —a star in a very advanced phase of its evolution that, on any given night, may pulse a little dimmer or a little more alive.
- Constellation
- Leo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 388.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 164.006° · Dec 6.185°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53449 · HD 94705
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