Gamma Leonis
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star in the constellation Leo
Key facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Right ascension
- 10 19 58.35056
- Declination
- +19 ° 50 ′ 29.3468 ″
- Apparent magnitude v
- 2.08 (2.37/3.64)
- Evolutionary stage
- Red clump
- Spectral type
- K0III + G7III
- U b color index
- +1.00
- B v color index
- +1.15
- Variable type
- Unknown-type variable (B)
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Leo
- Distance from Earth
- 39.9
- Radius
- 31.88
- Mass
- 1.23
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- declination
- 19.841485219
- effective temperature
- 4292
- parallax
- 25.07
- right ascension
- 154.993127333
- apparent magnitude
- 2.37
- radial velocity
- -36.24
- epoch
- J2000.0
- catalog code
- TIC 95431294
- surface gravity
- 200
- spectral class
- K1-III+G7IIIb
- metallicity
- -0.45
- stellar rotational velocity
- 4.3
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 283
- declination component of proper motion
- -185
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- Gamma Leonis
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Encyclopedic overview
Gamma Leonis, also named Algieba /ælˈdʒiːbə/, is a binary star system in the constellation of Leo, made up of two red giants. The primary star is orbited by one known exoplanet.
Nomenclature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gamma Leonis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.