Star profile

58 Leonis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 58 Leonis

58 Leonis glows with the orange tone typical of a K-class star, about 360 light-years away, within the regal silhouette of the Lion. Its warm hue suggests a surface cooler than the Sun, yet a volume probably far larger. The radiation crossing Earth s atmosphere tonight set out in the early seventeenth century, just as Galileo first pointed his telescope to the sky.

Where it is and when to see it

58 Leonis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is March, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 42° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 53° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 52° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 86° S.

It ranks no. 28 in brightness among the 80 stars of Leo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Regulus, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 360 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 58 Leonis

Constellation: Leo
Apparent magnitude: 4.84
Distance: 360.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 165.140° · Dec 3.617°
Catalogue: HIP 53807 · HD 95345

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Other stars in Leo

Leo has 80 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 80 stars in Leo