Yellow bright giant · Leo

Ras Elased Australis

Also known as: ε Leonis (ε Leo), HIP 47908

mag 3.0250 light-years

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Ras Elased Australis (ε Leonis) is a yellow bright giant of magnitude 3.0 in Leo, about 250 light-years away.

Ras Elased Australis is in the constellation Leo.
Best evenings: around early April it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 56° S.
Star patterns: Sickle of Leo.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesEasy, even from town.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Ras Elased Australis
Designation	ε Leonis (ε Leo)
Hipparcos number	HIP 47908
Type	Yellow bright giant
Spectral type	G0II
Colour	YellowB−V colour index 0.81
Magnitude	3.0The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	250 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1780.
Proper motion	0.047″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension (J2000)	09h 45m 51.1s
Declination (J2000)	+23° 46′ 27″