Star profile

69 Leonis

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is 69 Leonis

69 Leonis crosses the sky within the zodiacal Lion at more than five hundred light-years, so distant that its light set out during the Age of Discovery. It is a white A-class star whose surface runs several thousand degrees hotter than the Sun’s, giving it that cool, clean tone characteristic of the class. Within Flamsteed’s grid for Leo, it sits well into the latter half of the catalogue.

Where it is and when to see it

69 Leonis lies in the southern 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 38° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 49° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 56° above the horizon.

It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from nearly the whole planet.

It ranks no. 44 in brightness among the 80 stars of Leo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Regulus, the brightest: it lies about 20° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 530 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 69 Leonis

Constellation: Leo
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 527.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 168.440° · Dec -0.070°
Catalogue: HIP 54849 · HD 97585

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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