Rho Leo
HIP 51624; Rho Leo; 47 Leo
Star
Leo
Visible
Level 1
Naked eye / Binoculars
Physical Properties
Magnitude
3.85
Spectral Type
B1.5Ib
Star Color
Blue-white
(B-V -0.14)
Distance
5435.9 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
10h 32m 48.7s
Dec
+09° 18' 24.0"
Constellation
Leo
HR
4133
HIP
51624
Bayer
Rho
Flamsteed
47 Leo
Variable ID
Rho Leo
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Multiple Star System
Separation
0.0″
Companion Mag
4.8
Position Angle
98°
Star Colors
A: Blue-white
Discoverer
WRH 19
Eyepiece View
15x
Dawes: 1.9″
TFOV: 3.3°
Realistic = true angular size
Sep: 0.0″ · PA: 98° · N up, E left
Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″
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Stellar Notes
Alpha Cyg 3.83 - 3.90V.
4.4, 4.8v, sep. 0.11"; combined mag., colors.
Inferred statistically by F. Schlesinger in 1915. Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1982.17.
Color excess E(B-V) = +0.08.
Lyman beta observed from COPERNICUS. Nitrogen enhanced, and carbon deficient.
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