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Star · A1V

7 Leo

7 Leo is a main-sequence star of spectral type A1V in the constellation Leo, 591.1 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 47096
ConstellationLeo
Distance591.1 light-years (181.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.03
Spectral typeA1V
Surface temperature9,800 K
Luminosity111 L☉
Radius3.66 R☉
Mass3.49 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)9h 35m 52.9s
Declination (J2000)+14° 22′ 46″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)41.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.32). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 76° S. North of latitude 76° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1435. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 10 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 7 Leo, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.