Its story
18 Leo has a visual magnitude of about 5.12: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 18 Leo: right ascension 9h 46m 23s, declination +11° 48′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).
18 Leo. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47959, HD 84561, Gaia DR3 613405996559515136. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 47959
- Right ascension
- 9h 46m 23s
- Declination
- +11° 48′ 36″
- Magnitude
- 5.12
- Distance
- ≈ 731 ly
Data: gaia-dr3