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Loading content8 Leonis Minoris is a red giant in the constellation Leo Minor (Leonis Minoris), lying about 479.6 light-years from Earth.
Class M. Cool red stars. The most common type in the galaxy, ranging from red dwarfs to red giants. Such stars have surface temperatures around 2,400–3,700 K and appear red to the eye.
| Spectral type | M1III |
| Luminosity class | III |
| Apparent magnitude | 5.39 |
| Absolute magnitude | -0.45 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 131 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 1.543 |
| Distance | 479.6 ly (147.06 pc) |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
A red giant is an evolved star that has exhausted core hydrogen and expanded enormously, cooling at its surface as it fuses heavier elements in shells.
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Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
High-precision parallax, magnitude, and position for ~118,000 stars.