61 Leonis

61 Leonis is a possible binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Leo. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.73. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −12.7 km/s. It is located roughly 580 light years from the Sun, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 5.58 mas. 61 Leonis is a suspected variable star with apparent magnitude changing between 4.69 and 4.79. The variability was reported in a 1966 photometric survey, but has not been confirmed by more recent photometry.

61 Leonis

61 Leonis is a possible binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Leo. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.73. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −12.7 km/s. It is located roughly 580 light years from the Sun, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 5.58 mas. 61 Leonis is a suspected variable star with apparent magnitude changing between 4.69 and 4.79. The variability was reported in a 1966 photometric survey, but has not been confirmed by more recent photometry.