Star profile
60 Leonis
What is 60 Leonis
60 Leonis is a white A-type star in the heart of the Lion, hot enough to cast a recognisable blue-white glow through a telescope. It shines from just over a century away, within the patch of sky that Babylonian observers already identified as a feline figure. The light reaching us now departed when the trenches of the First World War were still smouldering.
Where it is and when to see it
60 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 February, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 59° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 70° S.
It ranks no. 18 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 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 60 Leonis
- Constellation
- Leo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.42
- Distance
- 126.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 165.582° · Dec 20.180°
- Catalogue
- HIP 53954 · HD 95608
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Other stars in Leo
Leo has 80 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RegulusAlpha Leonis1.36
- AlgiebaGamma 1 Leonis2.01
- DenebolaBeta Leonis2.14
- Upsilon Leonis4.30
- AlterfLambda Leonis4.32
- 31 Leonis4.39
- Phi Leonis4.45
- Kappa Leonis4.47