RA 156.9125° · Dec 9.7624° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
45 Leo is a common star. It lies about 421.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 6.01 and has spectral type A0sp....
Its spectrum reads A0sp... — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for 45 Leo in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 6.01, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 45 Leo is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
45 Leo scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Blue-white star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.