Kappa Leonis

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Star
κ Leonis
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation lion
Right ascension 09 h 24 m 39.3 s
declination + 26 ° 10 ′ 56 ″
Apparent brightness 4.5 mag
Typing
B − V color index +1.23 
U − B color index +1.31 
R − I index +0.63 
Spectral class K2 III
Astrometry
Radial velocity (+27.94 ± 0.20) km / s
parallax (15.28 ± 0.83)  mas
distance (213 ± 11)  ly
(65.4 ± 3.6)  pc  
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (−31.64 ± 0.24)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−48.20 ± 0.11)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name κ Leonis
Flamsteed name 1 Leonis
Bonn survey BD + 26 ° 1939
Bright Star Catalog HR 3731 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 81146 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 46146 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 80807 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 1955-1904-1 [5]
Other names FK5 1244

Kappa Leonis ( κ Leonis , κ Leo ) is a star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.5 mag. It belongs to the spectral class K2 III and is around 200 light years away .

The star bears the historical proper name Minchir el-asad or Minchir .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e SIMBAD database
  2. ↑ a b c Bright Star Catalog
  3. ↑ a b Hipparcos catalog
  4. ↑ a b Laffitte, R., (2005) Hértages arabes: Des noms arabes pour les étoiles , Geutner, Paris, p. 111.
  5. ↑ Bode JE , (1801) Uranographia , Berlin, sheet XIII.
  6. ↑ von Littrow, JJ , (1837) Atlas des Gestirnten Himmels , Stuttgart, p. XV.